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BELLFLOWER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
Synonyms:
bellflower; campanula
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bellflower" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bellflower"):
bluebell; Campanula rotundifolia; harebell (perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers)
Campanula rapunculoides; creeping bellflower (erect European herb with creeping rootstocks and nodding spikelike racemes of blue to violet flowers)
Campanula medium; Canterbury bell; cup and saucer (European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers)
Campanula divaricata; southern harebell (bellflower of southeastern United States (Maryland to Georgia) having pale blue flowers)
Campanula americana; tall bellflower (annual or perennial of eastern North America with long spikes of blue or white flowers)
Campanula aparinoides; marsh bellflower (bellflower common in marshes of eastern North America having lanceolate linear leaves and small whitish flowers)
Campanula glomerata; clustered bellflower (bellflower of Europe to temperate Asia having dense spikes of violet-blue to white flowers)
Campanula persicifolia; peach bell; peach bells; willow bell (perennial European bellflower with racemose white or blue flowers)
Campanula pyramidalis; chimney bellflower; chimney plant (bellflower of southeastern Europe)
Campanula rapunculus; rampion; rampion bellflower (bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the leaves in salad)
Campanula trachelium; nettle-leaved bellflower; throatwort (European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat)
Campanula carpatica; spreading bellflower; tussock bellflower (European perennial bellflower that grows in clumps with spreading stems and blue or white flowers)
Holonyms ("bellflower" is a member of...):
genus Campanula (large genus of herbs grown for their blossoms: bellflowers)
