Associations to the word «Chelone»
Wiktionary
CHELONE, noun. (botany) Chelone, a genus of four species of perennial herbaceous plants that are native to eastern North America.
CHELONE, proper noun. (Greek mythology) A woman who became the tortoise as punishment for disobeying a summons from the gods.
Dictionary definition
CHELONE, noun. Herbaceous perennials: shellflower.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.