bellflower
noun
Simple meaning
Any of many plants that produce flowers that are bell-like.
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈbɛlflaʊɚ
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Definition
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noun
Any of many plants that produce flowers that are bell-like.
A flower of one of these plants, which is shaped like a bell.
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Family of plants of the order Campanulales.
Bellflower of southeastern Europe.
Bellflower of Europe to temperate Asia having dense spikes of violet-blue to white flowers.
Erect European herb with creeping rootstocks and nodding spikelike racemes of blue to violet flowers.
Bellflower common in marshes of eastern North America having lanceolate linear leaves and small whitish flowers.
European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat.
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