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bluebell

[ bloo-bel ]

noun

  1. any of numerous plants of the bellflower family, having blue, bell-shaped flowers, as a bellflower or harebell.
  2. Also called wood hyacinth. an Old World plant, Endymion non-scriptus, of the lily family, having blue, bell-shaped flowers.
  3. any of various other plants having blue flowers, as those of the genus Mertensia.


bluebell

/ ˈbluːˌbɛl /

noun

  1. Also calledwild hyacinthwood hyacinth a European liliaceous woodland plant, Hyacinthoides (or Endymion ) non-scripta , having a one-sided cluster of blue bell-shaped flowers
  2. Also calledSpanish bluebell a similar and related plant, hispanica , widely grown in gardens and becoming naturalized
  3. a Scot name for harebell
  4. any of various other plants with blue bell-shaped flowers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • bluebelled adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bluebell1

First recorded in 1570–80; blue + bell 1
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Example Sentences

Delray, the watchman at the Bluebell, was an old telegraph-operator, and a good friend of Chub's and Matt's.

It was about eleven o'clock when they started, and they were planning to make their first halt with Delray at the Bluebell.

Matt was pointing toward the table which supported the Bluebell end of the wireless apparatus.

What Matt had to do was to figure on getting a hundred-and-fifty pounds of mechanism to the Bluebell mine.

There would have been nothing to gain by this move, however, except an easier ride to the Bluebell.

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