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}).
Source : WordNet®
bluebell
n 1: sometimes placed in genus Scilla [syn: {wild hyacinth}, {wood
hyacinth}, {harebell}, {Hyacinthoides nonscripta}, {Scilla
nonscripta}]
2: one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers laving large
erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in
prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska
south to New Mexico and Texas [syn: {prairie gentian}, {tulip
gentian}, {Eustoma grandiflorum}]
3: perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and
bell-shaped blue flowers [syn: {harebell}, {Campanula
rotundifolia}]