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[syn: campanula, bellflower]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bellflower \Bell"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its
bell-shaped flowers.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bellflower \Bell"flow`er\, n. [F. bellefleur, lit., beautiful
flower.]
A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow
winter apple. [Written also bellefleur.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Campanula \Cam*pan"u*la\ (k[a^]m*p[a^]n"[-u]*l[.a]), prop. n.
[LL. campanula a little bell; dim. of campana bell.] (Bot.)
A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of
great beauty; -- also called bellflower.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bellflower
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or
white bell-shaped flowers [syn: campanula, bellflower]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Bellflower, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 72878
Housing Units (2000): 24247
Land area (2000): 6.073422 sq. miles (15.730089 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.074288 sq. miles (0.192406 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.147710 sq. miles (15.922495 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04982
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 33.888165 N, 118.127604 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 90706
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bellflower, CA
Bellflower
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Bellflower, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 408
Housing Units (2000): 171
Land area (2000): 0.364913 sq. miles (0.945120 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.364913 sq. miles (0.945120 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04897
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 40.340504 N, 88.526741 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61724
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bellflower, IL
Bellflower
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Bellflower, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 427
Housing Units (2000): 184
Land area (2000): 0.549118 sq. miles (1.422210 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.549118 sq. miles (1.422210 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04330
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.003891 N, 91.352922 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 63333
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bellflower, MO
Bellflower