bellwort

[ bel-wurt, -wawrt ]

noun

1. a plant of the genus Uvularia, of the lily family, having a delicate, bell-shaped yellow flower.

bellwort

/ ˈbɛlˌwɜːt /

noun

1. any plant of the North American liliaceous genus Uvularia , having slender bell-shaped yellow flowers
2. another name for campanula

Word History and Origins

Origin of bellwort¹

First recorded in 1775–85; bell ¹ + wort ²

Example Sentences

A related species, Andrena uvulariae, targeted bellwort, also a spring ephemeral.

From Washington Post

There was an abundance of yellow—cinquefoil, crowfoot, ragwort, bellwort, and shy patches of gold-colored violets.

From Project Gutenberg

Yellow bellwort hung its fair flowers on every ridge; where the ground grew wet were dog's-tooth violet and chick wintergreen.

From Project Gutenberg

Spring on the Tennessee; April—and flowers Bloom on its banks; the anemones white In clusters of stars where the green holly towers O’er bellworts, like butterflies hov’ring in flight.

From Project Gutenberg

Other seeds of this nature are those of wild ginger, celandine, cyclamen, violet, periwinkle, some euphorbias, bellwort, trillium, prickly poppy, dutchman's breeches, squirrel-corn, several species of Corydalis, Seneca snakeroot, and other species of milkworts.

From Project Gutenberg