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Definition of Bellwort
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers.
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Uvularia, Uvularia
Specialized synonyms: Cornflower, Strawflower, Uvularia Grandiflora
Definition of Bellwort
1. n. A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.
Definition of Bellwort
1. Noun. Any of several perennial plants, of the genus ''Uvularia'', that have yellow, bell-shaped flowers ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bellwort
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Bellwort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bellwort
Literary usage of Bellwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1876)
"LARGE-FLOWERED bellwort. They require no special culture; do well in any garden
soil; increase rapidly, and are propagated by division. ..."
2. Seventy-five Popular Flowers, and how to Cultivate Them by Edward Sprague Rand (1870)
"bellwort. A PRETTY family of native, spring-blooming plants, easily cultivated,
and worthy a place in the flower garden. They are perennial plants, ..."
3. The Ladies' Vase of Wild Flowers: A Collection of Gems from the Best Authors by Colman (Pamela Atkins) (1850)
"... The bellwort. LOOK up, look up, thou timid thing, Nor Icl thy head sae pensive
hing! I am nae tyrant come to wring Thee fra the earth. ..."
4. Catalogue of the Flora of Minnesota, Including Its Phaenogamous and Vascular by Warren Upham (1884)
"Large-flowered bellwort. Common, or frequent, through the south half of the state
and in the Red river valley, U. perfoliata, L. Mealy bellwort. ..."
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