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marsh bellflower

marsh bellflower

8.8
A small white bell-shaped flower with narrow leaves that grows in marshes
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : campanilla de pantano
  • The delicate white blooms of the marsh bellflower stood out against the green grasses.

Examples

  • During our hike, we spotted a cluster of marsh bellflowers growing along the wetland path.

  • The marsh bellflower blooms in the summer.

  • Botanists often study the marsh bellflower to understand wetland ecosystems.

  • Have you seen a marsh bellflower lately?

  • During our hike, we spotted a cluster of marsh bellflowers growing along the wetland path.

  • The delicate white blooms of the marsh bellflower stood out against the green grasses.

  • Botanists often study the marsh bellflower to understand wetland ecosystems.

Synonyms

Campanula aparinoides
vsmarsh bellflower
  • Specialized
9.9

A small marsh plant in eastern North America with narrow leaves and white bell-shaped flowers

is the ordinary common name used in everyday speech for that plant

Surface Forms

marsh bellflower singular
marsh bellflowers plural

Morphology

marsh + bellflower

The noun is straightforwardly compositional: 'marsh' (wetland) modifies 'bellflower' (a bell-shaped flower), so the meaning 'a bellflower that grows in marshes' is directly derivable from the parts. This follows a common noun–modifier compound pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.

Etymology

Marsh bellflower is a simple name that paints a picture: marsh shows it grows in wet places and bellflower describes its small, bell-shaped white blooms. So the name means 'a bell-shaped flower that grows in a marsh'.