Meanings
plural shellflowers
- A floating aquatic plant, of species Pistia stratiotes, with green rosettes of leaves and inconspicuous flowers.
Synonyms: water lettuce, water cabbage
- Moluccella laevis, a plant in the mint family grown for its distinctive circular green calyxes.
Synonyms: bells of Ireland, Molucca balm
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA floating aquatic plant, of species Pistia stratiotes, with green rosettes of leaves and inconspicuous flowers.
nounMoluccella laevis, a plant in the mint family grown for its distinctive circular green calyxes.
More synonyms by meaning
nounshowy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
nouncultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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shellflower. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shellflower
“shellflower.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shellflower. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shellflower,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shellflower.
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