campanula
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of campanula
1655–65; < New Latin, equivalent to Late Latin campān ( a ) bell ( see campanile) + Latin -ula -ule
Example Sentences
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From what we see and hear of them, unless campanula has unexpected powers to soothe and unite, six months of intensive family therapy would seem a better investment.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 3, 2011
The campanula family is a host in itself, many of the smaller varieties looking better on a rockery than anywhere else.
From Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them by Biddle, Violet Purton
The way was bordered by rich fields of grass and grain, potatoes in abundance, flax in pale azure flower, and acres blue with the beautiful campanula or harebell.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
My word! what you can do with just delphiniums an' campanula an' acquilegia an' poppies, everyday things like them, that'll grow in any cottage garden, an' bulbs an' annuals!
From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Between then and now lies an abyss--that campanula had withered in his hands, old love had become new guilt.
From Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
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