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bluebell

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blue·bell  (blbl) also blue·bells (-blz)
n.
1. Any of several bulbous plants of the genus Hyacinthoides (syn. Endymion) in the lily family, native to western Europe and northwest Africa and having racemes of usually blue to pink bell-shaped flowers. Also called wood hyacinth.
2. Any of numerous plants of the genus Mertensia, native to Asia, Europe, and North America and having blue, trumpet-shaped flowers.
3. See harebell.
4. Any of several other plants having bluish, usually bell-shaped flowers.

bluebell [ˈbluːˌbɛl]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called wild, wood hyacinth a European liliaceous woodland plant, Hyacinthoides (or Endymion) non-scripta, having a one-sided cluster of blue bell-shaped flowers
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called Spanish bluebell a similar and related plant, hispanica, widely grown in gardens and becoming naturalized
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Scot name for harebell
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various other plants with blue bell-shaped flowers
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bluebell - sometimes placed in genus Scillabluebell - sometimes placed in genus Scilla    
liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
genus Hyacinthoides, Hyacinthoides - small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
2.bluebell - one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowersbluebell - one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas
wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant
Eustoma, genus Eustoma - small genus of herbs of warm regions of southern North America to northern South America
3.bluebell - perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowersbluebell - perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers
bellflower, campanula - any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
Translations
bluebell [ˈbluːbel] Ncampánula f azul (Scot) (= harebell) → campanilla f
bluebell [ˈbluːbɛl] njacinthe f des bois
bluebell [ˈbluːˌbɛl] ngiacinto dei boschi


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There's a little flower up yonder, the last bud from the multitude of bluebells that clouded those turf steps in July with a lilac mist.
Sweet is the scent of the hawthorn, and sweet are the bluebells that hide in the valley, and the heather that blows on the hill.
The Prince seemed to be the only one who made any pretence at enjoying the beauty of the spring morning, who seemed even to be aware of the warm west wind, the occasional perfume of the hedgeside violets, and the bluebells which stretched like a carpet in and out of the belts of wood.
 
 
 
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