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bellflower

bell·flow·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bel-flou-er]
    • /ˈbɛlˌflaʊ ər/
    • /ˈbel.ˌflɑː.wə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bel-flou-er]
    • /ˈbɛlˌflaʊ ər/

Definitions of bellflower word

  • noun bellflower city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 73,000 3
  • adjective bellflower designating a large family (Campanulaceae, order Campanulales) of dicotyledonous flowering plants 3
  • noun bellflower any of a genus (Campanula) of plants of this family, with showy, bell-shaped flowers of white, pink, or blue, widely distributed in the temperate zones 3
  • noun bellflower a city in SW California, near Los Angeles. 1
  • noun bellflower Any of many plants that produce flowers that are bell-like. 0
  • noun bellflower A flower of one of these plants, which is shaped like a bell. 0
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Origin of bellflower

First appearance:

before 1570
One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; bell1 + flower

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Parts of speech for Bellflower

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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bellflower popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • bluebell

    Bluebells are plants that have blue bell-shaped flowers on thin upright stems. Bluebells flower in the spring.

  • campanulaceous

    of, relating to, or belonging to the Campanulaceae, a family of temperate and subtropical plants, including the campanulas, having bell-shaped nodding flowers

  • bellflower family

    the plant family Campanulaceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having simple, alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flowers with a bell-shaped, five-lobed, often blue or purple corolla, and including the harebell, Canterbury bells, and balloon flower.

  • chile-bells

    a vine, Lapageria rosea, native to Chile, having leathery evergreen leaves and showy reddish flowers: the national flower of Chile.

  • harebell

    a low plant, Campanula rotundifolia, of the bellflower family, having narrow leaves and blue, bell-shaped flowers.

  • lobelia family

    the plant family Lobeliaceae (sometimes considered a subfamily, Lobelioideae, of the Campanulaceae, or bellflower family), typified by usually herbaceous plants having milky sap, simple alternate leaves, irregular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the cardinal flower, Indian tobacco, and lobelia.
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