wood hyacinth

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–noun

bluebell (def. 2).

Origin:
1870–75

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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 + bell ¹

Related forms:

bluebelled, adjective

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blue·bell (blōō'běl')

Any of several bulbous plants of the genus Hyacinthoides (syn. Endymion) in the lily family, native to western Europe and northwest Africa and having racemes of usually blue to pink bell-shaped flowers. Also called wood hyacinth.
Any of numerous plants of the genus Mertensia, native to Asia, Europe, and North America and having blue, trumpet-shaped flowers.
See harebell.
Any of several other plants having bluish, usually bell-shaped flowers.

wood hyacinth
n. See bluebell.

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