MISSION BELLS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mission bells mean? 

• MISSION BELLS (noun)
  The noun MISSION BELLS has 2 senses:

1. herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green

2. herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers

  Familiarity information: MISSION BELLS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISSION BELLS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black fritillary; Fritillaria biflora; mission bells

Hypernyms ("mission bells" is a kind of...):

checkered lily; fritillary (any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Fritillaria affinis; Fritillaria lanceolata; Fritillaria mutica; mission bells; rice-grain fritillary

Hypernyms ("mission bells" is a kind of...):

checkered lily; fritillary (any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers)