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Harebell \Hare"bell`\ (h[^a]r"b[e^]l`), 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.]
[1913 Webster]
E'en the light harebell raised its head. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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harebell noun
1: sometimes placed in genus Scilla [syn: wild hyacinth, wood
hyacinth, bluebell, Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla
nonscripta]
2: perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and
bell-shaped blue flowers [syn: bluebell, Campanula
rotundifolia]
Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
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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
.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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