[syn: harebell, bluebell, Campanula rotundifolia]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
[1913 Webster]
E'en the light harebell raised its head. --Sir W.
Scott.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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).
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]