bluebell

4 definitions found

bluebell - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Harebell \Hare"bell`\ (h[^a]r"b[e^]l`), n. (Bot.)
     A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia),
     having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which
     has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell. [Written also
     hairbell.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           E'en the light harebell raised its head. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

  Bluebell \Blue"bell`\, n. (Bot.)
     (a) A plant of the genus Campanula, especially the
         Campanula rotundifolia, which bears blue bell-shaped
         flowers; the harebell.
     (b) A plant of the genus Scilla (Scilla nutans).
         [1913 Webster]

bluebell - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bluebell
      n 1: sometimes placed in genus Scilla [syn: wild hyacinth,
           wood hyacinth, bluebell, harebell, Hyacinthoides nonscripta
           , Scilla nonscripta]
      2: one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large
         erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies
         and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New
         Mexico and Texas [syn: prairie gentian, tulip gentian,
         bluebell, Eustoma grandiflorum]
      3: perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-
         shaped blue flowers [syn: harebell, bluebell, Campanula   rotundifolia
         ]

bluebell - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Bluebell, UT
    Zip code(s): 84007