Noun: bluebell 'bloo,bel
- Perennial of Northern Hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers
"bluebells nodded in the mountain breeze";
- harebell, Campanula rotundifolia
- One of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas
"bluebells dotted the meadow with their striking blue blooms";
- prairie gentian, tulip gentian, Eustoma grandiflorum
- Sometimes placed in genus Scilla
"Bluebells created a purple haze in the ancient woodland";
- wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth, harebell, Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta
Derived forms: bluebells
Type of: bellflower, campanula, liliaceous plant, wild flower, wildflower
Part of: Eustoma, genus Eustoma, genus Hyacinthoides, Hyacinthoides
Encyclopedia: Bluebell, Dublin