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Meaning of bluebell | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈbluˌbɛl

Definitions

  1. Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers.
  2. In genus Hyacinthoides
  3. common bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
  4. Spanish bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica)
  5. Italian bluebell (Hyacinthoides italica)
  6. In other genera
  7. grape hyacinth (Muscari)
  8. Virginia bluebell (Mertensia virginica)
    plural-normally
  9. Scottish bluebell (harebell) (Campanula rotundifolia)
  10. Australian royal bluebell (Wahlenbergia gloriosa)
  11. Texas bluebell (Eustoma russellianum)
  12. desert bluebell or California bluebell (Phacelia campanularia)

Equivalents

Examples

“The cutting sides were gay with heather in bloom, and masses of dainty Scots bluebells, while patches of clear sky overhead were bringing life and colour to the sea.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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