English Explanatory Dictionary

bluebell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers.
  2. In genus Hyacinthoides
  3. common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
  4. Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica)
  5. Italian bluebell (Hyacinthoides italica)
  6. In other genera
  7. grape hyacinth (Muscari)
  8. Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica)
  9. Scottish bluebell (harebell) (Campanula rotundifolia)
  10. Australian royal bluebell (Wahlenbergia gloriosa)
  11. Texas bluebell (Eustoma russellianum)
  12. desert bluebell or California bluebell (Phacelia campanularia)

Pronunciation

/ˈbluˌbɛl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bluebell.wav

Word forms

bluebell bluebells

Etymology

From blue + bell.

Derived words

bluebell creeper bluebelled bluebell of Scotland English bluebell Riverina bluebell sea bluebell

Translations

Avar: цӏункӏулукӏал Bulgarian: див зюмбюл Catalan: jacint dels boscos Chinese Mandarin: 藍鈴花 /蓝铃花 Dutch: wilde hyacint French: jacinthe des bois Irish: coinnle corra Irish: coinnle corra Spáinneacha Occitan: jacint dels bòsques Polish: dzwonek Russian: колоко́льчик Scottish Gaelic: bròg na cuthaige Spanish: jacinto de los bosques Swedish: klockhyacint Welsh: bwtsiasen y gog
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