campanula rotundifolia

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campanula rotundifolia - 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]

campanula rotundifolia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Campanula rotundifolia
      n 1: perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and
           bell-shaped blue flowers [syn: harebell, bluebell,
           Campanula rotundifolia]