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Webster 1913 Edition


Bluebell

Blue′bellˊ

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
(a)
A plant of the genus
Campanula
, especially the
Campanula rotundifolia
, which bears blue bell-shaped flowers; the harebell.
(b)
A plant of the genus
Scilla
(
Scilla nutans
).

Definition 2024


bluebell

bluebell

English

Noun

bluebell (plural bluebells)

  1. Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers.
    1. In genus Hyacinthoides
      1. common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
      2. Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica)
      3. Italian bluebell (Hyacinthoides italica)
    2. In other genera
      1. genus Muscari, the grape hyacinth)
      2. (chiefly in the plural) Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica)
      3. Scottish bluebell (harebell) (Campanula rotundifolia)
      4. Australian royal bluebell (Wahlenbergia gloriosa)
      5. Texas bluebell (Eustoma russellianum)
      6. desert bluebell or California bluebell (Phacelia campanularia)

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