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 pretty little ivy-leaved campanula was growing here in abundance.
From Brittany & Its Byways by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.
An exquisitely delicate campanula with minute flowers bloomed with hemp-agrimony and wood-sage along the sides of the rills that -scarcely murmured as they slid down the clefts of the impervious rock.
From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison
Will it confirm the deep impression which Blanden had received of the campanula in the forest's gloom?
From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von
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
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