bluebell | ||
1. | [ noun ] (botany) one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers laving large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas | |
Synonyms: | tulip_gentian Eustoma_grandiflorum prairie_gentian | |
Related terms: | wildflower Eustoma | |
2. | [ noun ] (botany) sometimes placed in genus Scilla | |
Synonyms: | wood_hyacinth harebell Hyacinthoides_nonscripta Scilla_nonscripta wild_hyacinth | |
Related terms: | liliaceous_plant Hyacinthoides | |
3. | [ noun ] (botany) perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers | |
Synonyms: | Campanula_rotundifolia harebell | |
Related terms: | campanula | |
Similar spelling: |
blue-belly bluebill blue_bull Blauvelt blue_flag blue-blind blue-black blue_blood |