bluebell

[bloo-bel]

blue·bell

[bloo-bel]
noun
1.
any of numerous plants of the bellflower family, having blue, bell-shaped flowers, as a bellflower or harebell.
2.
Also called wood hyacinth. an Old World plant, Endymion non-scriptus, of the lily family, having blue, bell-shaped flowers.
3.
any of various other plants having blue flowers, as those of the genus Mertensia.

Origin:
1570–80; blue + bell1

blue·belled, adjective
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Bluebell is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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bluebell (ˈbluːˌbɛl)
 
n
1.  wild hyacinth, Also called: wood hyacinth a European liliaceous woodland plant, Hyacinthoides (or Endymion) non-scripta, having a one-sided cluster of blue bell-shaped flowers
2.  Also called: Spanish bluebell a similar and related plant, hispanica, widely grown in gardens and becoming naturalized
3.  a Scot name for harebell
4.  any of various other plants with blue bell-shaped flowers

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