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bluebell en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbluˌbɛl/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From blue + bell.

Meanings

1. Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers. ▸ In genus Hyacinthoides ▸ common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
2. Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers. ▸ In genus Hyacinthoides ▸ Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica)
3. Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers. ▸ In genus Hyacinthoides ▸ Italian bluebell (Hyacinthoides italica)
4. Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers. ▸ In other genera ▸ grape hyacinth (Muscari)
5. (plural-normally) Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers. ▸ In other genera ▸ Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica)
6. Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers. ▸ In other genera ▸ Scottish bluebell (harebell) (Campanula rotundifolia)
   • The cutting sides were gay with heather in bloom, and masses of dainty Scots bluebells, while patches of clear sky overhead were bringing life and colour to the sea. 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 9:
7. Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers. ▸ In other genera ▸ Australian royal bluebell (Wahlenbergia gloriosa)
8. Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers. ▸ In other genera ▸ Texas bluebell (Eustoma russellianum)
9. Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers. ▸ In other genera ▸ desert bluebell or California bluebell (Phacelia campanularia)

Forms

Deriveds

bluebell creeper · English bluebell · sprawling bluebell · Australian bluebell · sea bluebell · bluebelled · bluebell of Scotland · Riverina bluebell

Translations (26)

cmn 藍鈴花 /蓝铃花 (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) · ga méaracán gorm (harebell) · nl grasklokje (harebell) · av цӏункӏулукӏал (harebell) · ga coinnle corra Spáinneacha (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) · sv klockhyacint (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) · gd bròg na cuthaige (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) · pl dzwonek (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) · ru колоко́льчик (harebell) · fr jacinthe des bois (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) · bg камбанка (harebell) · sv blåklocka (harebell) · es jacinto de los bosques (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) · av цӏункӏулукӏал (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) · ru колоко́льчик (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) · izh kellokukka (harebell) · oc jacint dels bòsques (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) · bg див зюмбюл (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) · nb blåklokke (harebell) · ca jacint dels boscos (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) · nl wilde hyacint (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) · fi kissankello (harebell) · ga coinnle corra (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) · cy bwtsiasen y gog (flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides) · nn blåklokke (harebell) · cy cloch yr eos (harebell)