bluebell

[ bloo-bel ]

noun

1. any of numerous plants of the bellflower family, having blue, bell-shaped flowers, as a bellflower or harebell.
2. Also called wood hyacinth. an Old World plant, Endymion non-scriptus, of the lily family, having blue, bell-shaped flowers.
3. any of various other plants having blue flowers, as those of the genus Mertensia.

bluebell

/ ˈbluːˌbɛl /

noun

1. Also calledwild hyacinthwood hyacinth a European liliaceous woodland plant, Hyacinthoides (or Endymion ) non-scripta , having a one-sided cluster of blue bell-shaped flowers
2. Also calledSpanish bluebell a similar and related plant, hispanica , widely grown in gardens and becoming naturalized
3. a Scot name for harebell
4. any of various other plants with blue bell-shaped flowers

Other Words From

• bluebelled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of bluebell¹

First recorded in 1570–80; blue + bell ¹

Example Sentences

Delray, the watchman at the Bluebell, was an old telegraph-operator, and a good friend of Chub's and Matt's.

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It was about eleven o'clock when they started, and they were planning to make their first halt with Delray at the Bluebell.

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Matt was pointing toward the table which supported the Bluebell end of the wireless apparatus.

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What Matt had to do was to figure on getting a hundred-and-fifty pounds of mechanism to the Bluebell mine.

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There would have been nothing to gain by this move, however, except an easier ride to the Bluebell.

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