Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bluebell"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Harebell \Hare"bell`\, 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}.]
E'en the light harebell raised its head. --Sir W. Scott
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From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bluebell
n 1: sometimes placed in genus Scilla [syn: {wild hyacinth}, {wood
hyacinth}, {harebell}, {Hyacinthoides nonscripta}, {Scilla
nonscripta}]
2: one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers laving 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}, {Eustoma grandiflorum}]
3: perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and
bell-shaped blue flowers [syn: {harebell}, {Campanula
rotundifolia}]
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