campana

4 definitions found

campana - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gutta \Gut"ta\, n.; pl. Guttae. [L.]
     1. A drop.
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     2. (Arch.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a
        frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the
        triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in
        the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop.
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     Gutta serena [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.),
        amaurosis.
  
     Gutt[ae] band (Arch.), the listel or band from which the
        gutt[ae] hang.
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  Pasque \Pasque\, n. [OF. pasque.]
     See Pasch.
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     Pasque flower (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus
        Anemone, section Pulsatilla. They are perennial herbs
        with rather large purplish blossoms, which appear in early
        spring, or about Easter, whence the common name. Called
        also campana.
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  Campana \Cam*pa"na\, n. [LL. campana bell. Cf. Campanle.]
     1. (Eccl.) A church bell.
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     2. (Bot.) The pasque flower. --Drayton.
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     3. (Doric Arch.) Same as Gutta.
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campana - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  campana
      n 1: the shape of a bell [syn: bell, bell shape, campana]