Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Bluebell \Blue"bell`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus {Campanula}, especially the
{Campanula rotundifolia}, which bears blue bell-shaped
flowers; the harebell.
(b) A plant of the genus {Scilla} ({Scilla nutans}).
Harebell \Hare"bell`\, n. (Bot.)
A small, slender, branching plant ({Campanula rotundifolia}),
having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, {Scilla nutans}, which
has similar flowers; -- called also {bluebell}. [Written also
{hairbell}.]
E'en the light harebell raised its head. --Sir W. Scott
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Source : WordNet®
Campanula rotundifolia
n : perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and
bell-shaped blue flowers [syn: {harebell}, {bluebell}]