(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:59:54

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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