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bluebell

[ bloo-bel ]
/ ˈbluˌbɛl /

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

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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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