shellflower

noun

1

: molucca balm

2

: turtlehead

3

: a showy East Indian herb (Languas speciosa) of the family Zingiberaceae commonly cultivated for its shining oblong leaves, bracted white flowers with shell-pink shading, and crisped yellow magenta-variegated lip

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