Lexic.us

Definition of Canterbury bell

1. Noun. Herb of Colombia to Peru having pale purple flowers.

2. Noun. European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canterbury Bell

Canola Canopus Cant. Cantab Cantabria Cantabrian Cantabrian Mountains Cantabrians Cantabrigian Cantabrigians

Cantabs Cantal Cantelli's sign Canterbury Canterbury Tales Canterbury bell (current term) Canterbury bells Canterbury gallop Cantharellus Cantharellus cibarius

Cantharellus cinnabarinus Cantharellus clavatus Cantharellus floccosus Canticle of Canticles Canticle of Simeon Canticles Canton Canton's phosphorus Canton River Canton crepe

Literary usage of Canterbury bell

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"See Canterbury bell. Warw. (2) C. medium, L. (gardens).—' Of some about London Canterbury ... 363), who considers C. Trachelium as the true Canterbury bell. ..."

2. English Botany, Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants by James Sowerby, John Thomas Boswell, Phebe Lankester, John William Salter (1866)
"This species is also called Great Throat-wort and Canterbury bell, in allusion, probably, to the bells carried by pilgrims in processions to the shrine of ..."

3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1866)
"Perhaps the best known of the whole race is Campanula Medium, the familiar Canterbury bell. It is a biennial, and must be raised every year from seed. ..."

4. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Canterbury bell. (1) The common garden name for Campanula medium, L. ' Of some about London Canterbury lei», but improperly, for that ther« is another kind ..."

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