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Canterbury bell

British  

noun

  1. a campanulaceous biennial European plant, Campanula medium, widely cultivated for its blue, violet, or white 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

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The Canterbury bell drooped helplessly in one corner.

From More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme by Marzials, Ada M.

But when he stopped to look at the flower he had plucked, he found it was only quite an ordinary Canterbury bell!

From More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme by Marzials, Ada M.

The King was waiting on the steps of the back-yard, watching a dozen gardeners trying to rear the Canterbury bell with patent foods.

From More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme by Marzials, Ada M.

Bromehead, W., doubling of the Canterbury bell by selection, ii.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

Of such are adlumia, Canterbury bell, lunaria, ipomopsis, Œnothera Lamarckiana; and foxglove, valerian, and some other perennials would better be treated as biennials.

From Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) by Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde)

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