bellwort
Americannoun
noun
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any plant of the North American liliaceous genus Uvularia , having slender bell-shaped yellow flowers
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another name for campanula
Etymology
Origin of bellwort
Example Sentences
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A related species, Andrena uvulariae, targeted bellwort, also a spring ephemeral.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2021
The list includes bloodroot, cowslip, houstonia, saxifrage, dandelion, chickweed, cinquefoil, strawberry, mouse-ear, bellwort, dog's-tooth violet, five species of violet proper, and two of anemone.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 by Various
Yellow bellwort hung its fair flowers on every ridge; where the ground grew wet were dog's-tooth violet and chick wintergreen.
From Say and Seal, Volume II by Susan Warner
The May flowers and bloodroot have gone, the anemonies and bellwort have come and the violets are coming.
From Letters to His Children by Theodore Roosevelt
There was an abundance of yellow—cinquefoil, crowfoot, ragwort, bellwort, and shy patches of gold-colored violets.
From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by Basil King
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