city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 73,000
Word origin
so named (1909) as the site of an orchard of bellflower apples
bellflower in American English
(ˈbɛlˌflaʊər)
adjective
1.
designating a large family (Campanulaceae, order Campanulales) of dicotyledonousflowering plants
noun
2.
any of a genus (Campanula) of plants of this family, with showy, bell-shaped flowers of white, pink, or blue, widely distributed in the temperate zones