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campanulate

American  
[kam-pan-yuh-lit, -leyt] / kæmˈpæn jə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

  1. bellshaped, as a corolla.


campanulate British  
/ kæmˈpænjʊlɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

  1. (esp of flower corollas) shaped like a bell

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Etymology

Origin of campanulate

From the New Latin word campānulātus, dating back to 1660–70. See campanula, -ate 1

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Scales of the campanulate involucre in 2 or 3 rows, nearly equal, linear, the outer foliaceous and loose; pappus copious, very soft; rays very short or without ligules; low annuals with numerous rather small heads.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

From the campanulate, half-opened buds, it has been called "Californian bluebell," and among the Spanish-Californians it is known as "Mariana."

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

B. grandiflora, 1 ft., has large bluish-purple flowers; B. coccinea, 2 to 3 ft., has tubular campanulate nodding flowers of a rich crimson with green tips.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various

Leaves simple, lance-linear, sharply serrate with appressed teeth; corymb loose; rays 8–12, much longer than the broader campanulate involucre; flowers white.—Mass.,

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Involucre.—Silky hairy; broadly campanulate; with imbricated, appressed bracts.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth

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