campanula

American  

[kam-pan-yuh-luh] / kæmˈpæn yə lə /

noun

1. any plant of the genus Campanula, comprising the bellflowers.

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campanula British  

/ kæmˈpænjʊlə /

noun

1. Also called: bellflower.  any N temperate plant of the campanulaceous genus Campanula, typically having blue or white bell-shaped flowers See also Canterbury bell harebell

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Etymology

Origin of campanula

1655–65; < New Latin, equivalent to Late Latin campān ( a ) bell ( campanile ) + Latin -ula -ule

Example Sentences

From what we see and hear of them, unless campanula has unexpected powers to soothe and unite, six months of intensive family therapy would seem a better investment.

From The Guardian • Mar. 3, 2011

An exquisitely delicate campanula with minute flowers bloomed with hemp-agrimony and wood-sage along the sides of the rills that -scarcely murmured as they slid down the clefts of the impervious rock.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

Plants suitable for hanging baskets are the trailing tradescantias, the white campanula, lobelia, pelargonium, and many ferns.

From Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them by Biddle, Violet Purton

Melicertum campanula seenfrom above; m mouth, o o ovaries,t t tentacles.

From Seaside Studies in Natural History Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay. Radiates. by Agassiz, Alexander

At this moment she stooped to break off a spire of pale blue campanula.

From The Shuttle by Burnett, Frances Hodgson