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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Tur·tle·head n. Bot. An American perennial herb (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony.

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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Chelone glabra
      n : showy 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 [syn: shellflower, shell-flower, turtlehead,
           snakehead, snake-head]