Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various perennial plants of the genus Uvularia in the lily family, native to eastern North America and having solitary, nodding, yellow bell-shaped flowers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A. general name for plants of the natural order Campanulaceæ.
- noun In the United States, a common name for species of the genus Uvularia, spring flowers of the natural order Liliaceæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several perennial
plants , of the genus Uvularia, that have yellow, bell-shaped flowers
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers
Etymologies
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Examples
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Solomon's-seal (_Polygonatum_) (Fig. 83, _B_), bellwort (_Uvularia_), and others.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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The May flowers and bloodroot have gone, the anemonies and bellwort have come and the violets are coming.
Advice and News 1919
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The May flowers and bloodroot have gone, the anemonies and bellwort have come and the violets are coming.
Letters to His Children Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 1919
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The arbutus, all aglow and fragrant beneath its leaves, the purple fringed polygala were past, but they found the pale gold lily of the bellwort, the rust-red bloom of the ginger.
The Dwelling Place of Light — Volume 3 Winston Churchill 1909
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The arbutus, all aglow and fragrant beneath its leaves, the purple fringed polygala were past, but they found the pale gold lily of the bellwort, the rust-red bloom of the ginger.
The Dwelling Place of Light — Complete Winston Churchill 1909
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The arbutus, all aglow and fragrant beneath its leaves, the purple fringed polygala were past, but they found the pale gold lily of the bellwort, the rust-red bloom of the ginger.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909
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Ferns, bellwort, wild sarsaparilla, all help to soften our footfalls, while overhead the light daily grows more subdued as the leaf-buds break and the leaves unfold.
Some Spring Days in Iowa Frederick John Lazell 1905
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Uvularia sessilifolia (sessile-leaved bellwort), Chesuncook woods, 1853.
The Maine Woods 1858
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Uvularia grandiflora (large-flowered bellwort), woods, common.
The Maine Woods 1858
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Yellow bellwort hung its fair flowers on every ridge; where the ground grew wet were dog's-tooth violet and chick wintergreen.
Say and Seal, Volume II Susan Warner 1852
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See also merrybells
February 17, 2008