bellwort

[ bel-wurt, -wawrt ]

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noun

a plant of the genus Uvularia, of the lily family, having a delicate, bell-shaped yellow flower.

bellwort

/ ˈbɛlˌwɜːt /

any plant of the North American liliaceous genus Uvularia , having slender bell-shaped yellow flowers
See campanula
another name for campanula

First recorded in 1775–85; bell ¹ + wort ²

Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort), woods, common.

Bellwort is a little yellowish lily common in the May woods.

Uvularia sessilifolia (sessile-leaved bellwort), Chesuncook woods, 1853.

The May flowers and bloodroot have gone, the anemonies and bellwort have come and the violets are coming.

A common Bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata, Fig. 162) is a familiar illustration.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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