Canterbury bellflower

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• Canterbury bells — n. a cultivated bellflower (Campanula medium) with white, pink, or blue cuplike flowers …   English World dictionary

• bellflower — /bel flow euhr/, n. 1. any of numerous plants of the genus Campanula, having usually bell shaped flowers and including many species cultivated as ornamentals. Cf. bellflower family. 2. any of various other plants having bell shaped flowers. [1570 …   Universalium

• Bellflower — /bel flow euhr/, n. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles. 53,441. * * * Any of about 300 annual, perennial, and biennial herbaceous plants of the genus Campanula (family Campanulaceae) that bear bell shaped, usually blue flowers. They are… …   Universalium

• bellflower family — noun family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae • Syn: ↑Campanulaceae, ↑family Campanulaceae • Hypernyms: ↑plant family • Member Holonyms: ↑Campanulales, ↑order Campanulales …   Useful english dictionary

• Canterbury bell — noun a tall cultivated bellflower with large pale blue flowers. [Campanula medium.] Origin C16: named after the bells on Canterbury pilgrims horses …   English new terms dictionary

• bellflower family — the plant family Campanulaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flowers with a bell shaped, five lobed, often blue or purple corolla, and including the harebell, Canterbury… …   Universalium

• Canterbury bells — Can′terbury bells n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) pln a plant, Campanula medium, of the bellflower family, cultivated for its bell shaped violet blue, pink, or white flowers • Etymology: 1570–80 …   From formal English to slang

• great bellflower — noun : canterbury bell …   Useful english dictionary

• Campanulaceae — ▪ plant family  the bellflower family, containing 84 genera and about 2,400 species of mostly herbaceous (nonwoody) plants, many with showy, blue, bell like flowers. The plants are mainly important as garden ornamentals. They are mostly native to …   Universalium

• Campanula — For the main belt asteroid, see 1077 Campanula. The hydrozoan genus Campanula is usually included in Campanularia today. Taxobox name = Campanula image width = 240px image caption = Campanula cespitosa regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta… …   Wikipedia

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