perfoliate bellwort

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noun

a slender plant, Uvularia perfoliata, of the lily family, of eastern North America, having pale yellow, bell-shaped flowers.

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How to use perfoliate bellwort in a sentence

A summer branch of Uvularia perfoliata; lower leaves perfoliate, upper cordate-clasping, uppermost simply sessile.
The Elements of Botany|Asa Gray
Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort), woods, common.
The Maine Woods|Henry David Thoreau
Bellwort is a little yellowish lily common in the May woods.
Woodcraft|Alan Douglas
Uvularia sessilifolia (sessile-leaved bellwort), Chesuncook woods, 1853.
The Maine Woods|Henry David Thoreau

The May flowers and bloodroot have gone, the anemonies and bellwort have come and the violets are coming.
Letters to His Children|Theodore Roosevelt