Bellflower \Bell"flow`er\, n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell-shaped flowers. Bellflower \Bell"flow`er\, n. [F. bellefleur, lit., beautiful flower.] A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple. [Written also {bellefleur}.]
bellflower n : any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers [syn: {campanula}]