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Canterbury bells

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Canterbury bells
pl.n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
A European biennial herb (Campanula medium) widely cultivated for its showy, bell-shaped, blue, pink, or white flowers.
[From the association of the flowers with the bells on the horses of Canterbury pilgrims.]
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"Lilies o' th' valley does," he answered, digging away with the trowel, "an' there's Canterbury bells, an' campanulas.
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