bellwort
Americannoun
noun
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any plant of the North American liliaceous genus Uvularia , having slender bell-shaped yellow flowers
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another name for campanula
Etymology
Origin of bellwort
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A related species, Andrena uvulariae, targeted bellwort, also a spring ephemeral.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2021
Yellow bellwort hung its fair flowers on every ridge; where the ground grew wet were dog's-tooth violet and chick wintergreen.
From Say and Seal, Volume II by Susan Warner
The list includes bloodroot, cowslip, houstonia, saxifrage, dandelion, chickweed, cinquefoil, strawberry, mouse-ear, bellwort, dog's-tooth violet, five species of violet proper, and two of anemone.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 by Various
Picture dog-tooth violets, spring beauties, bellwort, Quaker-ladies, and great tufts of violets, shading from white to deepest blue, in such a setting!
From The Garden, You, and I by Mabel Osgood Wright
Ferns, bellwort, wild sarsaparilla, all help to soften our footfalls, while overhead the light daily grows more subdued as the leaf-buds break and the leaves unfold.
From Some Spring Days in Iowa by Frederick John Lazell
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