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bellwort
[ bel-wurt, -wawrt ]
noun
- a plant of the genus Uvularia, of the lily family, having a delicate, bell-shaped yellow flower.
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Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort), woods, common.
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Bellwort is a little yellowish lily common in the May woods.
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Uvularia sessilifolia (sessile-leaved bellwort), Chesuncook woods, 1853.
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The May flowers and bloodroot have gone, the anemonies and bellwort have come and the violets are coming.
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A common Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata, Fig. 162) is a familiar illustration.
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