bluebell

[ bloo-bel ]

/ ˈbluˌbɛl /

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noun

any of numerous plants of the bellflower family, having blue, bell-shaped flowers, as a bellflower or harebell.

Also called wood hyacinth. an Old World plant, Endymion non-scriptus, of the lily family, having blue, bell-shaped flowers.

any of various other plants having blue flowers, as those of the genus Mertensia.

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Origin of bluebell

First recorded in 1570–80; blue + bell¹

OTHER WORDS FROM bluebell

bluebelled, adjective

Words nearby bluebell

blueback salmon, blue bag, bluebead, Bluebeard, bluebeat, bluebell, blue beret, blueberry, blueberry muffin baby, bluebill, blue billy

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How to use bluebell in a sentence

Delray, the watchman at the Bluebell, was an old telegraph-operator, and a good friend of Chub's and Matt's.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends|Stanley R. Matthews
It was about eleven o'clock when they started, and they were planning to make their first halt with Delray at the Bluebell.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends|Stanley R. Matthews
Matt was pointing toward the table which supported the Bluebell end of the wireless apparatus.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends|Stanley R. Matthews
What Matt had to do was to figure on getting a hundred-and-fifty pounds of mechanism to the Bluebell mine.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends|Stanley R. Matthews

There would have been nothing to gain by this move, however, except an easier ride to the Bluebell.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends|Stanley R. Matthews

British Dictionary definitions for bluebell

bluebell

/ (ˈbluːˌbɛl) /

noun

Also called: wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth a European liliaceous woodland plant, Hyacinthoides (or Endymion) non-scripta, having a one-sided cluster of blue bell-shaped flowers

Also called: Spanish bluebell a similar and related plant, hispanica, widely grown in gardens and becoming naturalized

a Scot name for harebell

any of various other plants with blue bell-shaped flowers

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