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Definition of Chelones

Chelone
Chelone Che*lo"ne, n. [Gr. chelw`nh a tortoise. So named from shape of the upper lip of the corolla.] (Bot.) A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariace[ae], natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc.

Meaning of Chelones from wikipedia

- Chelone may refer to: Chelone (plant), commonly known as turtleheads Chelone (Oread), mountain nymph in Gr**** mythology.Appears in the Aesop's fable Zeus...
- Chelone is a genus of four species of perennial herbaceous plants native to eastern North America. They all have similarly shaped flowers (which led to...
- In Gr**** mythology, Chelônê (Ancient Gr****: Χελώνη from khelônê which means tortoise) was an oread of Mount Khelydorea ("rich in tortoises") in Arkadia...
- Chelone obliqua, the red turtlehead, rose turtlehead or pink turtlehead, is a perennial flowering plant belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. This uncommon...
- Chelone glabra, or white turtlehead, is a herbaceous species of plant native to North America. Its native range extends from Georgia to Newfoundland and...
- Chelone lyonii, the pink turtlehead or Lyon's s**** flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is native to wet areas of...
- Dibolia chelones is a species of flea beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in North America. "Dibolia chelones Report". Integrated Taxonomic...
- Synpalamides chelone is a moth of the Castniidae family. It is known from Mexico. González, Jorge M.; López G., Bernardo; Huerta P., John Phill; Miller...
- Lacépède, 1788 Testudo marina Wilhelm, 1794 Testudo tuberculata Pennant, 1801 Chelone coriacea Brongniart, 1805 Chelonia coriacea Oppel, 1811 Testudo lutaria...
- Argillochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the middle to lower Eocene in what is now the island of Great Britain. It was first named by Lydekker...