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HAREBELL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does harebell mean?
• HAREBELL (noun)
The noun HAREBELL has 2 senses:
1. sometimes placed in genus Scilla
2. perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers
Familiarity information: HAREBELL used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sometimes placed in genus Scilla
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bluebell; harebell; Hyacinthoides nonscripta; Scilla nonscripta; wild hyacinth; wood hyacinth
Hypernyms ("harebell" is a kind of...):
liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)
Holonyms ("harebell" is a member of...):
genus Hyacinthoides; Hyacinthoides (small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bluebell; Campanula rotundifolia; harebell
Hypernyms ("harebell" is a kind of...):
bellflower; campanula (any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers)
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