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swamp plant vs shellflower

shellflower vs swamp plant

swamp plant and shellflower both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
swamp plant Yes No No No
shellflower Yes No No No
As nouns, shellflower is a hyponym of swamp plant; that is, shellflower is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than swamp plant:
  • swamp plant: a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
  • shellflower: 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
Other hyponyms of swamp plant include lesser spearwort, Ranunculus flammula, greater spearwort, Ranunculus lingua, Caltha palustris, cowslip, kingcup, marsh marigold, May blob, meadow bright, water dragon, rush, Acorus calamus, calamus, flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag, Calla palustris, water arum, wild calla, Lysichiton americanum, skunk cabbage, foetid pothos, polecat weed, skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus, iva, marsh elder, sedge, cattail, sabbatia, yellow-eyed grass, Alisma plantago-aquatica, water plantain, arrow grass, Triglochin maritima, grass-of-Parnassus, parnassia, Chelone glabra, shell-flower, snake-head, snakehead, turtlehead, American brooklime, brooklime, Veronica americana, brooklime, European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga, Sium suave, water parsnip, greater water parsnip, Sium latifolium, Sium sisarum, skirret, lizard's-tail, Saururus cernuus, swamp lily, water dragon.
swamp plant (noun) shellflower (noun)
a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath 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
cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes
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