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bluebell

[ bloo-bel ]

noun

  1. any of numerous plants of the bellflower family, having blue, bell-shaped flowers, as a bellflower or harebell.
  2. Also called wood hyacinth. an Old World plant, Endymion non-scriptus, of the lily family, having blue, bell-shaped flowers.
  3. any of various other plants having blue flowers, as those of the genus Mertensia.


bluebell

/ ˈ²ú±ô³ÜËËŒ²úÉ›±ô /

noun

  1. Also calledwild hyacinthwood hyacinth a European liliaceous woodland plant, Hyacinthoides (or Endymion ) non-scripta , having a one-sided cluster of blue bell-shaped flowers
  2. Also calledSpanish bluebell a similar and related plant, hispanica , widely grown in gardens and becoming naturalized
  3. a Scot name for harebell
  4. any of various other plants with blue bell-shaped flowers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of bluebell1

First recorded in 1570–80; blue + bell 1
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Looking at when bluebells and frogspawn start to appear in the spring shows some clear trends over time.

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April was cool and wet which meant many flowering plants, including bluebells, flowered later than usual – like these fine examples at Walk Wood in Sheffield Park and Garden in East Sussex.

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They include creosote bush, desert lavender, apricot mallow, desert bluebells, milkweed and more.

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Ludmila shows me purple crocuses and bluebells in neat rows and the green shoots of daffodils.

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The statue and a memorial were defaced this month at Croome, a 700-acre property that is home to a mansion and two castles as well as violets, tulips and bluebells.

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