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bellflower

bellflower noun: any flowering plants in the genus Campanula.

bellflower: any flowering plants in the genus Campanula
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Noun

bellflower (plural bellflowers)

  1. Any flowering plants in the genus Campanula.
  2. Flowering plants in the genera, Campanulastrum, Codonopsis, or Platycodon, in the family Campanulaceae.
  3. Any flowering plant in genus Uvularia.
  4. A flower of one of these plants, which is shaped like a bell.

Proper noun capitalized: Bellflower

Bellflower

  1. A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
  2. A village in Illinois, United States.
  3. A city and town in Missouri, United States.

Forms of bellflower

pluralbellflowers

Origin of bellflower

From bell + flower.

Words formed from bellflower

Questions about bellflower

What does bellflower mean?
Bellflower means any flowering plants in the genus Campanula.
What part of speech is bellflower?
Bellflower can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bellflower?
The plural of bellflower is bellflowers.

Words near bellflower in the dictionary

  1. Bellevueite
  2. Bellevues
  3. Bellew
  4. Bellews
  5. Bellfield
  6. bellflower
  7. bellflowers
  8. bellfounder
  9. bellfounders
  10. bellfounding
  11. bellfrog

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