bellwort

American  

[bel-wurt, -wawrt] / ˈbɛlˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt /

noun

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

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bellwort British  

/ ˈbɛlˌwɜːt /

noun

1. any plant of the North American liliaceous genus Uvularia , having slender bell-shaped yellow flowers

2. another name for campanula

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Etymology

Origin of bellwort

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 • Apr. 27, 2021

The May flowers and bloodroot have gone, the anemonies and bellwort have come and the violets are coming.

From Letters to His Children by Roosevelt, Theodore

Picture dog-tooth violets, spring beauties, bellwort, Quaker-ladies, and great tufts of violets, shading from white to deepest blue, in such a setting!

From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood

The list includes bloodroot, cowslip, houstonia, saxifrage, dandelion, chickweed, cinquefoil, strawberry, mouse-ear, bellwort, dog's-tooth violet, five species of violet proper, and two of anemone.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 by Various

Ferns, bellwort, wild sarsaparilla, all help to soften our footfalls, while overhead the light daily grows more subdued as the leaf-buds break and the leaves unfold.

From Some Spring Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John