bluebell
n 1: sometimes placed in genus Scilla [syn: {wild hyacinth},
{wood hyacinth}, {bluebell}, {harebell}, {Hyacinthoides
nonscripta}, {Scilla nonscripta}]
2: 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 [syn: {prairie gentian}, {tulip gentian},
{bluebell}, {Eustoma grandiflorum}]
3: perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-
shaped blue flowers [syn: {harebell}, {bluebell}, {Campanula
rotundifolia}]
Harebell \Hare"bell`\ (h[^a]r"b[e^]l`), n. (Bot.)
A small, slender, branching plant ({Campanula rotundifolia}),
having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, {Scilla nutans}, which
has similar flowers; -- called also {bluebell}. [Written also
{hairbell}.]
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E'en the light harebell raised its head. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Bluebell \Blue"bell`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus {Campanula}, especially the
{Campanula rotundifolia}, which bears blue bell-shaped
flowers; the harebell.
(b) A plant of the genus {Scilla} ({Scilla nutans}).
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