chimney bellflower
- noun
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campanilla de chimenea
- Gardeners often plant chimney bellflower for its striking blue or purple blossoms.
Examples
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The chimney bellflower adds vibrant color to rock gardens throughout the summer.
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The chimney bellflower blooms beautifully in the spring.
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Several chimney bellflowers were growing along the old stone wall.
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Have you seen a chimney bellflower before?
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Gardeners often plant chimney bellflower for its striking blue and purple blossoms.
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The chimney bellflower adds vibrant color to rock gardens during the summer months.
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Several chimney bellflowers were blooming elegantly along the old stone wall in the garden.
Synonyms
A tall plant with upright stems and blue bell-shaped flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward noun–noun compound where 'bellflower' names the plant and 'chimney' modifies it, so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a kind of bellflower associated with a chimney-like (tall/columnar) form. This follows normal compounding patterns and is compositionally interpretable, even if fine botanical details (native range, species) are not derivable from the words alone.
Etymology
Chimney bellflower may get its name from a simple picture: the plant often grows in cracks of old chimneys and stone walls, with tall, narrow stems that hold little bell-shaped flowers. So the words chimney and bellflower describe how and where the plant grows, and today the name means this tall plant with bell-like blooms.
