bluebelln.

Brit.

/ˈbluːbɛl/, U.S.

/ˈbluˌbɛl/

Forms: see blue adj. and n. and bell n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., bell n.¹

Etymology: < blue adj. + bell n.¹ (compare bell n.¹ 4).

a. Any of several plants of the genus Campanula (family Campanulaceae), with delicate blue bell-like flowers; esp. (also more fully bluebell of Scotland) the harebell, C. rotundifolia, of open grass and heathland in Europe and North America.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers

bell-flower1578

bluebell1578

Canterbury bells1578

Coventry bells1578

Coventry Marians1578

Coventry rapes1578

fair-in-sight1578

gauntlet1578

haskwort1578

Marian's violet1578

throatwort1578

lady's looking glass1597

mariet1597

Mercury's violet1597

peach-bells1597

steeple bells1597

uvula-wort1597

Venus looking-glass1597

campanula1664

Spanish bell1664

corn-violet1665

rampion1688

Venus' glass1728

harebell1767

heath-bell1805

witch bell1808

slipperwort1813

meadow-bell1827

greygle1844

platycodon1844

lady's thimble1853

kikyo1884

witches' bells1884

balloon flower1901

fairy thimble1914

mountain bell1923

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xxiii. 174 Blew Belles whan their plante beginneth first to spring up..haue small rounde leaues.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vi. 111/2 Wild field Bell-flower, commonly called blew bells, are dented in the edges into five sharp points; set in a long and slender leafy foot-husk.

1709 E. Ward Secret Hist. Clubs xxiii. 267 The Quaker..ty'd up a huge Nosegay of common Pinks, Dasies, Bluebells and Butterflowers.

1795 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 788 Where the blue-bell and gowan lurk.

1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) VII. 178 He had scrambled to gather blue bells and heath flowers.

a1872 W. Miller Blue Bell in Poets & Poetry of Scotl. (1877) II. 340 For glaumorie is round the sweet blue bell.

1903 H. Macmillan Deeper Teachings Plant Life 287 The Bluebell of Scotland..is the delicate flower that hangs its dainty, drooping head from a stem so slender than the slightest breeze can bend it.

1971 P. E. Kennedy Amer. Wild Flowers Coloring Bk. 18 Harebell, Bluebell (Campanula rotundifolia).

2011 Stirling Observer (Nexis) 2 Sept. (News section) 23 Delicate bluebells, better known elsewhere perhaps as harebells, nod their elfin cap-like shaped heads in response to the eddying breezes.

b. Any of several plants of the genus Wahlenbergia (family Campanulaceae), chiefly native to temperate regions of the Southern hemisphere, and typically having blue bell- or star-shaped flowers; esp. W. stricta, widespread in Australia.

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1839 Southern Austral. (Adelaide) 16 Oct. 4/1 May... The blue bell is almost the only flower in bloom this month.

1881 Garden 3 Sept. 236/1 The New Zealand Bluebell [sc. W. saxicola], somewhat resembles the white form of the Bluebell of Scotland.., but it has a narrower throat and more deeply cut segments—a very pretty flower.

1932 Victorian Naturalist 49 190 The ubiquitous Bluebell (Wahlenbergia) makes ‘lakes of blue’ in the distance.

1952 Sunday Herald (Sydney) 28 Dec. 12/2 Variable in size, according to the climate and soil in which it grows, our bluebell is often mistaken by nature-lovers for many different species.

2011 I. Fraser & P. Marsack Bush Capital Year 44 I love the hardy native bluebells, which go on flowering long after many other flowers have given a heat-stressed gasp and finished their display.

2. The spring-flowering bulb Hyacinthoides non-scripta (family Asparagaceae), which has hanging blue bell-like flowers, and is typically found in woodlands and hedgerows in western Europe (also called wild hyacinth). Also (more fully Spanish bluebell): the closely related H. hispanica, native to the Iberian peninsular, which has larger flowers and is commonly grown in gardens.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > bluebell and allied flowers > bluebell or wild hyacinth

harebell1387

crow-leekc1450

wild hyacinth1578

lily hyacinth1597

lily jacinth1597

culverkeysa1609

crow-bellsa1697

bluebell1755

wood hyacinth1897

1755 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 491/2 The roots of the common Hyacinth, commonly called Blue-bells, are ranked among the poisonous plants.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xviii. 256 The Wild Hyacinth or Blue-bells of the European woods.

1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iv. 227 Amid the growing grass The blue-bell bends, the golden king-cup shines, In the merry month of May!

1834 M. Howitt Sketches Nat. Hist. 86 The nodding Blue-bell's graceful flowers, The Hyacinth of this land of ours.

1873 Gardener July 321 Of all the belles in the country-side, the Blue Bells of the wood carry the bell for grandeur and effect during what we fondly call the ‘merry month of May’.

1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xiii. 226 The chair gave a sort of scurry, reeled on a few more yards, and came to her end amid a particularly promising patch of bluebells.

1974 News (Friendswood, Texas) 10 Oct. 8/5 The familiar spring-blooming Spanish bluebell.

2010 A. Dyke & E. Emery in S. A. Laird et al. Wild Product Governance v. 143 One solution to the demand for bluebells..has been the import of both native and non-native bluebell species, mainly from Spain.

3. Any of various mertensias with hanging blue flowers; esp. the Virginia cowslip, M. pulmonarioides (also called M. virginica), a woodland plant of eastern North America.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Boraginaceae (bugloss and allies) > [noun]

ribeOE

hound's-tonguec1000

ox-tonguea1325

rotheren tongue?a1350

buglossa1400

dog's tongue?a1425

lungwort1538

anchusa1548

sheep's tongue1552

cowslip of Jerusalem1578

Our Lady's milkwort1578

pulmonaria1578

sage of Jerusalem1578

wild comfrey1578

maiden-lips1589

bugloss cowslip1597

viper's bugloss1597

viper's herb1597

ribbie1607

lithospermon1646

wall bugloss1650

lady's glove1668

Venus's navelwort1678

spotted comfrey1688

cynogloss1705

Jerusalem sage1736

lawn1778

Mertensia1836

stickseed1843

Virginian cowslip1856

bluebell1858

gooseberry fool1858

Jerusalem cowslip1866

borage-wort1882

echium1883

rose noble1886

milksile-

1858 Floricultural Cabinet Sept. 254 Mertensia Virginica (Pulmonaria of Linnæus)..popularly known as Blue-bell.

1899 C. MacMillan Minnesota Plant Life xxxvi. 372 The lungworts are also called bluebells, but they are not to be confused with the Canterbury-bells, which belong to a quite different family.

1959 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 22 May 3/22 The Virginian Bluebell (Mertensia Virginica) makes a fine show right now.

2011 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch (Nexis) 24 Apr. (Sports section) 5 Black bears are as Virginian as bluebells and ham.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bluebell
释义	bluebelln. Brit. /ˈbluːbɛl/, U.S. /ˈbluˌbɛl/ Forms: see blue adj. and n. and bell n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., bell n.¹ Etymology: < blue adj. + bell n.¹ (compare bell n.¹ 4). 1. a. Any of several plants of the genus Campanula (family Campanulaceae), with delicate blue bell-like flowers; esp. (also more fully bluebell of Scotland) the harebell, C. rotundifolia, of open grass and heathland in Europe and North America. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > bellflowers bell-flower1578 bluebell1578 Canterbury bells1578 Coventry bells1578 Coventry Marians1578 Coventry rapes1578 fair-in-sight1578 gauntlet1578 haskwort1578 Marian's violet1578 throatwort1578 lady's looking glass1597 mariet1597 Mercury's violet1597 peach-bells1597 steeple bells1597 uvula-wort1597 Venus looking-glass1597 campanula1664 Spanish bell1664 corn-violet1665 rampion1688 Venus' glass1728 harebell1767 heath-bell1805 witch bell1808 slipperwort1813 meadow-bell1827 greygle1844 platycodon1844 lady's thimble1853 kikyo1884 witches' bells1884 balloon flower1901 fairy thimble1914 mountain bell1923 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xxiii. 174 Blew Belles whan their plante beginneth first to spring up..haue small rounde leaues. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vi. 111/2 Wild field Bell-flower, commonly called blew bells, are dented in the edges into five sharp points; set in a long and slender leafy foot-husk. 1709 E. Ward Secret Hist. Clubs xxiii. 267 The Quaker..ty'd up a huge Nosegay of common Pinks, Dasies, Bluebells and Butterflowers. 1795 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 788 Where the blue-bell and gowan lurk. 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) VII. 178 He had scrambled to gather blue bells and heath flowers. a1872 W. Miller Blue Bell in Poets & Poetry of Scotl. (1877) II. 340 For glaumorie is round the sweet blue bell. 1903 H. Macmillan Deeper Teachings Plant Life 287 The Bluebell of Scotland..is the delicate flower that hangs its dainty, drooping head from a stem so slender than the slightest breeze can bend it. 1971 P. E. Kennedy Amer. Wild Flowers Coloring Bk. 18 Harebell, Bluebell (Campanula rotundifolia). 2011 Stirling Observer (Nexis) 2 Sept. (News section) 23 Delicate bluebells, better known elsewhere perhaps as harebells, nod their elfin cap-like shaped heads in response to the eddying breezes. b. Any of several plants of the genus Wahlenbergia (family Campanulaceae), chiefly native to temperate regions of the Southern hemisphere, and typically having blue bell- or star-shaped flowers; esp. W. stricta, widespread in Australia. ΚΠ 1839 Southern Austral. (Adelaide) 16 Oct. 4/1 May... The blue bell is almost the only flower in bloom this month. 1881 Garden 3 Sept. 236/1 The New Zealand Bluebell [sc. W. saxicola], somewhat resembles the white form of the Bluebell of Scotland.., but it has a narrower throat and more deeply cut segments—a very pretty flower. 1932 Victorian Naturalist 49 190 The ubiquitous Bluebell (Wahlenbergia) makes ‘lakes of blue’ in the distance. 1952 Sunday Herald (Sydney) 28 Dec. 12/2 Variable in size, according to the climate and soil in which it grows, our bluebell is often mistaken by nature-lovers for many different species. 2011 I. Fraser & P. Marsack Bush Capital Year 44 I love the hardy native bluebells, which go on flowering long after many other flowers have given a heat-stressed gasp and finished their display. 2. The spring-flowering bulb Hyacinthoides non-scripta (family Asparagaceae), which has hanging blue bell-like flowers, and is typically found in woodlands and hedgerows in western Europe (also called wild hyacinth). Also (more fully Spanish bluebell): the closely related H. hispanica, native to the Iberian peninsular, which has larger flowers and is commonly grown in gardens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > bluebell and allied flowers > bluebell or wild hyacinth harebell1387 crow-leekc1450 wild hyacinth1578 lily hyacinth1597 lily jacinth1597 culverkeysa1609 crow-bellsa1697 bluebell1755 wood hyacinth1897 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 491/2 The roots of the common Hyacinth, commonly called Blue-bells, are ranked among the poisonous plants. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xviii. 256 The Wild Hyacinth or Blue-bells of the European woods. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iv. 227 Amid the growing grass The blue-bell bends, the golden king-cup shines, In the merry month of May! 1834 M. Howitt Sketches Nat. Hist. 86 The nodding Blue-bell's graceful flowers, The Hyacinth of this land of ours. 1873 Gardener July 321 Of all the belles in the country-side, the Blue Bells of the wood carry the bell for grandeur and effect during what we fondly call the ‘merry month of May’. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xiii. 226 The chair gave a sort of scurry, reeled on a few more yards, and came to her end amid a particularly promising patch of bluebells. 1974 News (Friendswood, Texas) 10 Oct. 8/5 The familiar spring-blooming Spanish bluebell. 2010 A. Dyke & E. Emery in S. A. Laird et al. Wild Product Governance v. 143 One solution to the demand for bluebells..has been the import of both native and non-native bluebell species, mainly from Spain. 3. Any of various mertensias with hanging blue flowers; esp. the Virginia cowslip, M. pulmonarioides (also called M. virginica), a woodland plant of eastern North America. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Boraginaceae (bugloss and allies) > [noun] ribeOE hound's-tonguec1000 ox-tonguea1325 rotheren tongue?a1350 buglossa1400 dog's tongue?a1425 lungwort1538 anchusa1548 sheep's tongue1552 cowslip of Jerusalem1578 Our Lady's milkwort1578 pulmonaria1578 sage of Jerusalem1578 wild comfrey1578 maiden-lips1589 bugloss cowslip1597 viper's bugloss1597 viper's herb1597 ribbie1607 lithospermon1646 wall bugloss1650 lady's glove1668 Venus's navelwort1678 spotted comfrey1688 cynogloss1705 Jerusalem sage1736 lawn1778 Mertensia1836 stickseed1843 Virginian cowslip1856 bluebell1858 gooseberry fool1858 Jerusalem cowslip1866 borage-wort1882 echium1883 rose noble1886 milksile- 1858 Floricultural Cabinet Sept. 254 Mertensia Virginica (Pulmonaria of Linnæus)..popularly known as Blue-bell. 1899 C. MacMillan Minnesota Plant Life xxxvi. 372 The lungworts are also called bluebells, but they are not to be confused with the Canterbury-bells, which belong to a quite different family. 1959 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 22 May 3/22 The Virginian Bluebell (Mertensia Virginica) makes a fine show right now. 2011 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch (Nexis) 24 Apr. (Sports section) 5 Black bears are as Virginian as bluebells and ham. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1578
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