bellflower Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
    campanula.

WordNet

Bell"flow`er noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell-shaped flowers.
Bell"flow`er noun
Etymology
F. bellefleur, lit., beautiful flower.
Definitions
  1. A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple. Written also bellefleur.

Webster 1913