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bells of ireland

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bells of Ireland

–noun
a plant, Molucella laevis, native to western Asia, having inconspicuous white flowers, each surrounded by an enlarged green calyx.
Also called shellflower.


Origin:
1955–60; so called from the bell-like green calyx
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bells of Ire·land   (īr'lənd)   
n.  An annual western Asian plant (Moluccella laevis) in the mint family, grown for its long stems covered with persistent shell-shaped calyxes.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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