campanulate
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of campanulate
From the New Latin word campānulātus, dating back to 1660–70. See campanula, -ate 1
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Flowers.—One to several; open campanulate; greenish or black-purple; variously checkered or mottled.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
It may be known from the other members of the Mint family by its campanulate calyx with ten strong, recurved teeth.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
From the campanulate, half-opened buds, it has been called "Californian bluebell," and among the Spanish-Californians it is known as "Mariana."
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
MELÒTHRIA, L. Flowers polygamous or monœcious; the sterile campanulate, the corolla 5-lobed; the fertile with the calyx-tube constricted above the ovary, then campanulate.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Leaves simple, lance-linear, sharply serrate with appressed teeth; corymb loose; rays 8–12, much longer than the broader campanulate involucre; flowers white.—Mass.,
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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