campanula
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of campanula
1655–65; < New Latin, equivalent to Late Latin campān ( a ) bell ( see campanile) + Latin -ula -ule
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From what we see and hear of them, unless campanula has unexpected powers to soothe and unite, six months of intensive family therapy would seem a better investment.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2011
Do I not hear, amidst the loud music, the quiet blue forest bells ring harmoniously, fairy-like, my lovely campanula!
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Rudolf von Gottschall
It was an awakening, and she broke off, rather slowly, one—two—three—even four campanula stems before she stood upright again.
From The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Plants suitable for hanging baskets are the trailing tradescantias, the white campanula, lobelia, pelargonium, and many ferns.
From Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them by Violet Purton Biddle
I shall not, however, place the campanula in my herbarium, but in a vase of fresh water, where bouquets of sweet recollections bloom.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Rudolf von Gottschall
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