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Bluebell   /blˈubˌɛl/   Listen
Bluebell

noun
1.
Sometimes placed in genus Scilla.  Synonyms: harebell, Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta, wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth.
2.
One of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas.  Synonyms: Eustoma grandiflorum, prairie gentian, tulip gentian.
3.
Perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers.  Synonyms: Campanula rotundifolia, harebell.



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"Bluebell" Quotes from Famous Books



... Apple-blossoms Arbutus Aster Bluebell Buttercup Carnation Columbine Cowslip Daffodil Daisy Dandelion Eglantine Foxglove Gillyflower Golden-rod Hawthorn Heliotrope Ivy Jasmine Lily Lily of the Valley Muskrose Nightshade Oxlip Pansy Primrose Rose Rosemary Sweetbriar Sweet-pea Thyme ...
— The World's Best Poetry — Volume 10 • Various

... Where is our queen? She has not been seen For many an hour, In acorn or flower. Airy bluebell, Pray can you tell? Anemone fair, Is she not there? Upspringing grass, Have you seen her pass? Where shall I go? ...
— The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories • Lydia Maria Child

... their supper, and that's all I can tell you for the present, if you please. But, in case I see a little pig with a pink ribbon tied in his curly tail, I'll make the next bedtime story, about Uncle Wiggily and the bluebell. ...
— Uncle Wiggily's Travels • Howard R. Garis

... century. There was another footpath that led through the peewit field, where the green plovers for evermore circle round in spring; then past the nightingale field, by the largest maple trees that grew in that country; this too was all grass. Another led along the water to bluebell land; another into the coombs of the hills; all meadows, which was the beauty of it; for though you could find wheat in plenty if you liked, you always walked in grass. All round the compass you could still step on sward. ...
— Field and Hedgerow • Richard Jefferies



Words linked to "Bluebell" :   liliaceous plant, campanula, genus Eustoma, harebell, wildflower, prairie gentian, genus Hyacinthoides, bellflower, Eustoma, Hyacinthoides, wild flower



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