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bells of Ireland
noun
- a plant, Molucella laevis, native to western Asia, having inconspicuous white flowers, each surrounded by an enlarged green calyx.
bells of Ireland
noun
- functioning as singular an annual garden plant, Moluccella laevis , whose flowers have a green cup-shaped calyx: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
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Origin of bells of Ireland1
First recorded in 1955–60; so called from the bell-like green calyx
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