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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bluebell \Blue"bell`\, n. (Bot.) a A plant of the genus {Campanula}, especially the {Campanula rotundifolia}, which bears blue bell-shaped flowers; the harebell. b A plant of the genus {Scilla} ({Scilla nutans}). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Harebell \Hare"bell`\, n. (Bot.) A small slender, branching plant ({Campanula rotundifolia}), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also {Scilla nutans}, which has similar flowers; -- called also {bluebell}. [Written also {hairbell}.] E'en the light harebell raised its head. --Sir W. Scott . From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bluebell n 1: sometimes placed in genus Scilla [syn: {wild hyacinth}, {wood hyacinth}, {harebell}, {Hyacinthoides nonscripta}, {Scilla nonscripta}] 2: one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers laving large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas [syn: {prairie gentian}, {tulip gentian}, {Eustoma grandiflorum}] 3: perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers [syn: {harebell}, {Campanula rotundifolia}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Bluebell, UT Zip code(s): 84007
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