Canterbury bell
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Canterbury bell drooped helplessly in one corner.
From More Tales in the Land of Nursery Rhyme by Ada M. Marzials
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 Ada M. Marzials
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 L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey
"I don't mind that so much as their silly songs, after we've fed 'em, all about 'work among the merry, merry blossoms," said Sacharissa from the deeps of a stale Canterbury bell.
From Actions and Reactions by Rudyard Kipling
C. Medium, Canterbury bell, with large blue, purple and white flowers, is a favourite and handsome biennial, of which there are numerous varieties.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
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