Canterbury bell

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Canterbury bell

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a campanulaceous biennial European plant, Campanula medium, widely cultivated for its blue, violet, or white flowers

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Noun	1.	Canterbury bell - herb of Colombia to Peru having pale purple flowers Gloxinia perennis genus Gloxinia - small genus of tropical American herbs with leafy stems and axillary flowers gloxinia - any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers
	2.	Canterbury bell - European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers Campanula medium, cup and saucer bellflower, campanula - any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers

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