Bellflower

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  • noun. Any of various herbs of the genus Campanula, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and having bell-shaped, usually violet or blue flowers.
  • noun. Any of various other plants with bell-shaped flowers.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell-shaped flowers.
  • noun. A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple.
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  • noun. A common name for flowering plants in any of the genera Campanula, Campanulastrum, Codonopsis, or Platycodon.
  • noun. A flower of one of these plants, which is shaped like a bell.
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  • noun. any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
    • Word Usage
    "Family matters: Cardinal flower belongs to the plant family Campanulaceae, a group of species commonly referred to as the bellflower family."
    cross-reference
    bonnet bellflower  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Herb  herbaceous plant  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Canterbury bell  bluebell  campanula americana  campanula aparinoides  campanula carpatica  
    variant
    bellefleur  
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