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
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
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
Other seeds of this nature are those of wild ginger, celandine, cyclamen, violet, periwinkle, some euphorbias, bellwort, trillium, prickly poppy, dutchman's breeches, squirrel-corn, several species of Corydalis, Seneca snakeroot, and other species of milkworts.
From Seed Dispersal by W. J. (William James) Beal
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
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