Bluebell \Blue"bell`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Campanula, especially the
Campanula rotundifolia, which bears blue bell-shaped
flowers; the harebell.
(b) A plant of the genus Scilla (Scilla nutans).
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Harebell \Hare"bell`\, n. (Bot.)
A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia),
having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which
has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell. [Written also
hairbell.]
E'en the light harebell raised its head. --Sir W. Scott
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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