bluebell
/'blu:bel/
Definition
- Noun:
- A perennial plant of the northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers. This typically refers to the common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), a wildflower found in woodlands.
- A common name for various other plants bearing blue, bell-shaped flowers, such as certain species in the genera Mertensia and Campanula.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
Advanced Usage
- "a carpet of bluebells": a dense, widespread covering of bluebell flowers, often used to describe their appearance in woodlands during spring.
Variants and Related Words
- Harebell (): A different but related plant with delicate, nodding blue bell-shaped flowers, also sometimes called "bluebell" in certain regions.
- Virginia bluebell (): A North American wildflower with clusters of pink buds that open into blue, bell-shaped flowers.
Synonyms
- Wild hyacinth: Another name for the common bluebell ().
- Wood hyacinth: A synonym for the common bluebell, emphasizing its typical woodland habitat.
Related Phrases
- Bluebell wood: A term for a woodland area famous for or densely populated with bluebells, often a popular sight in spring.
Noun
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perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers
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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
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sometimes placed in genus Scilla
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