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

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

From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan

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

From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil

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

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