any of numerous plants of the genus Campanula, having usually bell-shaped flowers and including many species cultivated as ornamentals.
any of various other plants having bell-shaped flowers.
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Scanning electron microscopy identified pollen grains from myrtle, mint and other known embalming , as well as poplar and bellflower, which were in bloom when the king died.
From Scientific American • Mar. 1, 2013
The late-18th-century unsigned piece, made of cherry and tulip poplar, has bellflower and scallop inlays and flared cabriole supports that scholars call “bandy legs.”
From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2012
"I would like awfully well to send you a box," he added, and the flush of his bellflower was reflected in his cheek.
From The Rim of the Desert by Anderson, Ada Woodruff
"Well, no, I haven't any just now that are exactly sour," he would answer; "but there's the bellflower apple, and folks that like a sour apple generally like that."
From Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans by Cody, Sherwin
"It's a bellflower, or somethin' another," said Uncle Lot.
From The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
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