Bellflower

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bellflower \Bell"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
     A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its
     bell-shaped flowers.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bellflower
       n : any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or
           white bell-shaped flowers [syn: {campanula}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Bellflower, CA (city, FIPS 4982)
    Location: 33.88813 N, 118.12663 W
    Population (1990): 61815 (24117 housing units)
    Area: 15.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 90706
  Bellflower, IL (village, FIPS 4897)
    Location: 40.34047 N, 88.52668 W
    Population (1990): 405 (167 housing units)
    Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 61724
  Bellflower, MO (city, FIPS 4330)
    Location: 39.00385 N, 91.35272 W
    Population (1990): 413 (176 housing units)
    Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 63333

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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