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coral-bells

coral-bells is the alternative form of coral bells.

Meaning of coral bells

Noun

coral bells pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Heuchera sanguinea, a species of herbaceous perennial in the family Saxifragaceae, native to North America.
    • A powdery mildew on coral bells was determined to be Sphaerotheca humuli var. fuliginea. […] Coral bells (Heuchera sanguinea) are grown commonly as perennial border or edging plants in California.1964, Robert D. Raabe, “CLEISTOTHECIA OF A POWDERY MILDEW ON CORAL BELLS”, in The Plant Disease Reporter, page 416
  2. (plural, plural-only) Any of the plants of genus Heuchera.
    • Various cultivars of purple-leaved Heuchera (coral bells), crimson-leaved annuals such as Solonostemon 'Red Carpet' (coleus), Alternanthera dentata 'Rubiginosa' (alternanthera), and the splendid shrublike annual Euphorbia cotinifolia (red spurge)—these dark reds help carry the eye around a planting...2009 August 25, Lynden B Miller, Parks Plants and People: Beautifying The Urban Landscape, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 100
    Synonyms:
    alumroot

Questions about coral-bells

What is coral-bells the alternative form of?
Coral-bells is the alternative form of coral bells.

Words near coral-bells in the dictionary

  1. coral trees
  2. Coral Triangle
  3. coral trout
  4. coral vine
  5. coral vines
  6. coral-bells
  7. coralbells
  8. coralberries
  9. coralberry
  10. coralblow
  11. coralbush

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