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Definition of Nettle-leaved bellflower
1. Noun. European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nettle-leaved Bellflower
Literary usage of Nettle-leaved bellflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Nettle - leaved Bellflower. Stems angular, 2 to 4 feet high. Leaves all stalked,
oval-lance-shaped, ..."
2. A Handbook for Travellers in Berks, Bucks, and Oxfordshire: Including a by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare, W. E. Flaherty, John Murray (Firm) (1872)
"... blue Jacob's-ladder ; Campanula Trache- lium, nettle-leaved bellflower; Ja-
sione montana, sheep's scabious ; Camelina sativa, gold of pleasure; ..."
3. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1875)
"Of the rarer species I gathered the Leaser Т way blade (Ophrys cordata) and the
nettle-leaved bellflower (Campanula ..."
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