bellflower
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- noun
- /ˈbɛlˌflaʊər/
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campanilla
- The florist arranged a bouquet that included stunning bellflowers alongside daisies and roses.
- purple bellflower
Examples
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I think I want to plant the bellflowers in front of the house today.
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In the sunny gaps between the trees, butterburs, golden saxifrage, and sweet-flax were more to be seen than the violets, bellflowers, and enchanter's nightshade of the highlands.
Fiction book (1992) -
Toraji is the Chinese bellflower, native to the mountainous regions of North Korea.
Academic text (2008) -
Another botanist had named the thyme-leaved bellflower after him: Linnaea borealis.
Fiction book (1994) -
In spring, the garden was filled with beautiful bellflowers that bloomed in shades of blue.
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As I walked through the meadow, I admired the delicate bellflowers swaying gently in the breeze.
Synonyms
A garden plant with blue or white bell-shaped flowers
Compounds
A plant that lives for many years and has dense clusters of bell-shaped blue or white flowers
- Specialized
A small white bell-shaped flower with narrow leaves that grows in marshes
A plant that grows in European woods with blue-purple bell-shaped flowers once used for sore throats
Plant that lives many years, grows in clumps and sends out stems with blue or white bell-shaped flowers
- Specialized
A plant that lives many years and grows in clumps with blue or white bell-shaped flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bellflower comes from the simple parts bell and flower because the plant's blooms look like small hanging bells. Its botanical name Campanula also means 'little bell', so the name helps you remember that the flowers are bell-shaped.