Definition of "shell-flower" []

• See Molucella. (noun)
• The turtlehead or snakehead, Chelone glabra, and other species. (noun)
• One of various species of Alpinia of the Zingiberaceæ. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It rustled in my fingers as I touched it and I held it to my ear to listen to the sound of the empty shell-flower."
• "Yes, I shall be more beautiful than my shell-flower, my Thocmetony!"
• "I, Sarah Winnemucca, am a shell-flower, such as I wear on my dress."