Bluebell

4 definitions found

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

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

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bluebell
       n 1: sometimes placed in genus Scilla [syn: {wild hyacinth}, {wood
            hyacinth}, {harebell}, {Hyacinthoides nonscripta}, {Scilla
            nonscripta}]
       2: one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers laving 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}, {Eustoma grandiflorum}]
       3: perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and
          bell-shaped blue flowers [syn: {harebell}, {Campanula
          rotundifolia}]

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

  Bluebell, UT
    Zip code(s): 84007