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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The pale flowers, with orange centers, when fully open, roll their petals back to the stem, like those of the leopard-lily; but in cloudy weather they often maintain a campanulate outline.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
Scales of the campanulate involucre in 2 or 3 rows, nearly equal, linear, the outer foliaceous and loose; pappus copious, very soft; rays very short or without ligules; low annuals with numerous rather small heads.
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
Stem cartilaginous; pileus campanulate, edge straight and adpressed to stem when young.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
B. grandiflora, 1 ft., has large bluish-purple flowers; B. coccinea, 2 to 3 ft., has tubular campanulate nodding flowers of a rich crimson with green tips.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
Slender, 1–3° high, remotely leaved; leaves linear-lanceolate, repand-denticulate; spikes filiform, rather remotely flowered; calyx short and broadly campanulate, its teeth about as long as the tube; corolla 5–6´´ long, much dilated upward.—Barrens,
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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