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Definition of Bellflower
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Campanula
Specialized synonyms: Bluebell, Campanula Rotundifolia, Harebell, Campanula Rapunculoides, Creeping Bellflower, Campanula Medium, Canterbury Bell, Cup And Saucer, Campanula Divaricata, Southern Harebell, Campanula Americana, Tall Bellflower, Campanula Aparinoides, Marsh Bellflower, Campanula Glomerata, Clustered Bellflower, Campanula Persicifolia, Peach Bell, Peach Bells, Willow Bell, Campanula Pyramidalis, Chimney Bellflower, Chimney Plant, Campanula Rapunculus, Rampion, Rampion Bellflower, Campanula Trachelium, Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Throatwort, Campanula Carpatica, Spreading Bellflower, Tussock Bellflower
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Bellflower
1. n. A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell-shaped flowers.
2. n. A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple.
Definition of Bellflower
1. Noun. a common name for flowering plants in any of the genera Campanula, Campanulastrum, Codonopsis, or Platycodon. ¹
2. Noun. a flower of one of these plants, which is shaped like a bell ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bellflower
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Medical Definition of Bellflower
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bellflower
Literary usage of Bellflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Horticulture and Florist's Companion (1868)
"bellflower. — The bellflower Apple (frequently called the Yellow bellflower
improperly, the true name of that known as the ..."
2. The Commercial Apple Industry of North America by John Clifford Folger, Samuel Mable Thomson (1921)
"Yellow bellflower, if not declining, has at least experienced very little ...
The Yellow bellflower is an old variety. In 1817 Coxe reported that the ..."
3. The American Fruit Culturist, Containing Directions for the Propagation and by John Jacob Thomas (1849)
"bellflower, Yellow Belle- fleur.) Large, often quite large, oblong-ovate, apex
quite narrow and conical, more or less irregular; surface pale yellow, ..."
4. Landscape Gardening: Notes and Suggestions on Lawns and Lawn Planting by Samuel Parsons (1895)
"The buds, before opening, become inflated like a balloon. The flower is a shallow
bell, two inches or more across and LARGE bellflower. ..."
5. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1861)
"Yet, after a time, he was convinced of his error. It was so with the White
bellflower, which Mr. D. described as a new apple, but which we pronounced ..."
6. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan (1917)
"One gladly risks a watery grave or broken bones to bring down a bunch from its
aerial cranny. Venus' Looking-glass; Clasping bellflower ..."
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