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shellflower

The English word “shellflower” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A floating aquatic plant, of species Pistia stratiotes, with green rosettes of leaves and inconspicuous flowers.
  2. Moluccella laevis, a plant in the mint family grown for its distinctive circular green calyxes.

Etymology

From shell + flower.

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