bluebell

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bluebell

  • /ˈbluˌbɛl/ US

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From blue + bell.

noun bluebells

  1. Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers. “Sweet is the scent of the hawthorn, and sweet are the bluebells that hide in the valley, and the heather that blows on the hill. Yet Love is better than Life, and what is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man?”
  2. common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
  3. Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica)
  4. Italian bluebell (Hyacinthoides italica)
  5. grape hyacinth (Muscari)
  6. plural normally Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica)
  7. Scottish bluebell (harebell) (Campanula rotundifolia) The cutting sides were gay with heather in bloom, and masses of dainty Scots bluebells, while patches of clear sky overhead were bringing life and colour to the sea.
  8. Australian royal bluebell (Wahlenbergia gloriosa)
  9. Texas bluebell (Eustoma russellianum)
  10. desert bluebells or California bluebell (Phacelia campanularia)

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noun flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides

Españoljacinto de los bosques
中文藍鈴花 /蓝铃花 lánlínghuā
Françaisjacinthe des bois
Русскийколоко́льчик kolokólʹčik

noun harebell

Русскийколоко́льчик kolokólʹčik

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@misc{bluebell_2026,
  title = {bluebell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bluebell},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}