Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural A species of alumroot (Heuchera sanguinea) native to the southwest United States and Mexico, widely cultivated in gardens for its clusters of small, bell-shaped, red to white flowers.
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Nay, as a proof of the happy nature of the infant (we beg to say that the fact is copyright, as we purchased it of the reporter of _The Observer_), whilst, on the ninth instant, the chimes of St. Martin's were sounding merrily for the birth of the Prince, the Princess magnanimously shook her coral-bells in welcome of her dispossessing brother!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 Various
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I love sedum and coral-bells which grow beautifully in sun or part sun.
thetowntalk.com - 2008
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