peach bell
- noun
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campanilla melocotón
- She planted several peach bells among the daisies for a pop of color.
Examples
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The peach bell added a delicate touch of blue to the garden border.
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Each peach bell blooms in early summer, attracting bees and butterflies.
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Look at that peach bell!
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The peach bell is beautiful.
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Each peach bell blooms in early summer, attracting bees and butterflies.
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She planted several peach bells among the daisies for a pop of color.
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The peach bell added a delicate touch of blue to the garden border.
Synonyms
A plant from Europe that lives for many years with blue or white bell-shaped flowers in clusters
A garden flower with groups of blue or white bell-shaped blooms
A plant with small blue or white bell-shaped flowers that lives for many years
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines a color adjective 'peach' with 'bell' (a bell-shaped form), so a learner who knows both words will readily infer it refers to a bell-shaped object or flower that is peach-colored. Color + noun compounds are a common, compositional pattern in English and cross-linguistically familiar, making the meaning predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Peach bell probably comes from the plant's look: its leaves look like a peach tree's leaves and its small, bell-shaped flowers hang like tiny bells. So the name helps you remember it is a bell-shaped flower with peach-like leaves.
