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Meaning of BELLFLOWER

Pronunciation:  'bel`flawur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
 
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 Synonyms: campanula
 
 See Also: bluebell, Campanula americana, Campanula aparinoides, Campanula carpatica, Campanula divaricata, Campanula glomerata, Campanula medium, Campanula persicifolia, Campanula pyramidalis, Campanula rapunculoides, Campanula rapunculus, Campanula rotundifolia, Campanula trachelium, Canterbury bell, chimney bellflower, chimney plant, clustered bellflower, creeping bellflower, cup and saucer, genus Campanula, harebell, herb, herbaceous plant, marsh bellflower, nettle-leaved bellflower, peach bell, peach bells, rampion, rampion bellflower, southern harebell, spreading bellflower, tall bellflower, throatwort, tussock bellflower, willow bell

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Bell"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
    A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its
    bell-shaped flowers.
    
  2. \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}.]
    
 
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