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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural A European biennial herb (Campanula medium) widely cultivated for its showy, bell-shaped, blue, pink, or white flowers.
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- noun Campanula medium, an
annual orbiennial flowering plant withbell -shaped flowers.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From the association of the flowers with the bells on the horses of Canterbury pilgrims.]
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