a plant, Molucella laevis, native to western Asia, having inconspicuous white flowers, each surrounded by an enlarged green calyx. Also called shellflower .
[ 1955-60; so called from the bell-like green calyx ]
a plant, Molucella laevis, native to western Asia, having inconspicuous white flowers, each surrounded by an enlarged green calyx. Also called shellflower .
[ 1955-60; so called from the bell-like green calyx ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012