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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.
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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.]
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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.
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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]