bluebell
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.
Origin of bluebell
1Other words from bluebell
- bluebelled, adjective
Words Nearby bluebell
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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. MatthewsIt 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. MatthewsMatt 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. MatthewsWhat 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. MatthewsThere 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
/ (ˈbluːˌbɛl) /
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse