Hypertext Webster Gateway: "campana"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pasque \Pasque\, n. [OF. pasque.]
See {Pasch}.

{Pasque flower} (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus
{Anemone}, section {Pulsatilla}. They are perennial herbs
with rather large purplish blossoms, which appear in early
spring, or about Easter, whence the common name. Called
also {campana}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Campana \Cam*pa"na\, n. [LL. campana bell. Cf. {Campanle}.]
1. (Eccl.) A church bell.

2. (Bot.) The pasque flower. --Drayton.

3. (Doric Arch.) Same as {Gutta}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gutta \Gut"ta\, n.; pl. {Gutt[AE]}. [L.]
1. A drop.

2. (Arch.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a
frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the
triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in
the Doric order; -- called also {campana}, and {drop}.

{Gutta serena} [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.),
amaurosis.

{Gutt[ae] band}> (Arch.), the listel or band from which the
gutt[ae] hang.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

campana
n : the shape of a bell [syn: {bell}, {bell shape}]


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