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- [bloo-bel]
- /ˈbluˌbɛl/
- /ˈbluː.bel/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bloo-bel]
- /ˈbluˌbɛl/
Definitions of bluebell word
- countable noun bluebell Bluebells are plants that have blue bell-shaped flowers on thin upright stems. Bluebells flower in the spring. 3
- noun bluebell a European liliaceous woodland plant, Hyacinthoides (or Endymion) non-scripta, having a one-sided cluster of blue bell-shaped flowers 3
- noun bluebell a similar and related plant, hispanica, widely grown in gardens and becoming naturalized 3
- noun bluebell any of various other plants with blue bell-shaped flowers 3
- noun bluebell any of various plants (esp. of the genera Campanula and Mertensia of the bellflower and borage families) with blue, bell-shaped flowers, as the harebell or Virginia bluebell 3
- noun bluebell any of numerous plants of the bellflower family, having blue, bell-shaped flowers, as a bellflower or harebell. 1
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Origin of bluebell
First appearance:
before 1570 One of the 33% oldest English words
First recorded in 1570-80; blue + bell1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Bluebell
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bluebell popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% 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".
bluebell usage trend in Literature
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