bellflower

¹

[ bel-flou-er ]

noun

1. any of numerous plants of the genus Campanula, having usually bell-shaped flowers and including many species cultivated as ornamentals. Compare bellflower family.
2. any of various other plants having bell-shaped flowers.

Bellflower

²

[ bel-flou-er ]

noun

1. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.

bellflower

/ ˈbɛlˌflaʊə /

noun

1. another name for campanula

Word History and Origins

Origin of bellflower¹

First recorded in 1570–80; bell ¹ + flower

Example Sentences

A quarter mile in the other direction, pink bellflowers and the conclusion of fragrant sweet peas grow in neat rows behind the rental home of Sophie Thompson.

From Los Angeles Times

This time of year, the valley shimmers with clumps of orange jewelweed and sapphire bellflowers that shoot up from a blanket of moss so soft you could lie down and sleep for a thousand years.

From Literature

But that was changing: He pointed to butter-and-eggs, oxeye daisies, bellflowers, tufted vetch, hemp nettle, spotted jewelweed, creeping Charlie, common tansy, orange hawkweed.

From New York Times

Plants such as American bellflowers will take up the nitrogen from the dead cicadas, and herbivorous mammals and insects will selectively feed on the higher-nitrogen fertilized leaves, he adds.

From Scientific American

Her aesthetic, which she describes as “minimalist maximalism,” is informed by everything from English botanical gardens to classical mythology and the seasonal flora of London — Siberian bellflower in late spring, magnolia and dogwood in summer.

From New York Times