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bellflower

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

name

Meaning 1

A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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name

Meaning 2

A village in Illinois, United States.

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name

Meaning 3

A city and town in Missouri, United States.

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noun

Meaning 4

Any of many plants that produce flowers that are bell-like.

Any flowering plants in the genus Campanula.

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noun

Meaning 5

Any of many plants that produce flowers that are bell-like.

Flowering plants in the genera, Campanulastrum, Codonopsis, or Platycodon, in the family Campanulaceae.

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noun

Meaning 6

Any of many plants that produce flowers that are bell-like.

Any flowering plant in genus Uvularia.

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noun

Meaning 7

A flower of one of these plants, which is shaped like a bell.

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noun

Meaning 8

any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: campanula

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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

Narrower terms: harebell, bluebell, Campanula rotundifolia, creeping bellflower, Campanula rapunculoides, Canterbury bell, cup and saucer, Campanula medium, southern harebell, Campanula divaricata, tall bellflower, Campanula americana, marsh bellflower, Campanula aparinoides, clustered bellflower, Campanula glomerata, peach bells, peach bell, willow bell, Campanula persicifolia, chimney plant, chimney bellflower, Campanula pyramidalis, rampion, rampion bellflower, Campanula rapunculus, throatwort, nettle-leaved bellflower, Campanula trachelium, tussock bellflower, spreading bellflower, Campanula carpatica

History

Etymology

From bell + flower.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: lulekëmborë — plant of genus Campanula
  • Armenian: զանգակածաղիկ (zangakacaġik) — plant of genus Campanula
  • Armenian: զանգակ (zangak) — plant of genus Campanula
  • Avar: цӏункӏулукӏал (cʼunkʼulukʼal) — plant of genus Campanula
  • Bulgarian: камбанка (kambanka) — plant of genus Campanula
  • Catalan: campànula — plant of genus Campanula
  • Danish: klokkeblomst — plant of genus Campanula
  • Dutch: klokje — plant of genus Campanula
  • Finnish: kello — plant of genus Campanula
  • French: campanule — plant of genus Campanula
  • German: Glockenblume — plant of genus Campanula
  • Greek: καμπανούλα (kampanoúla) — plant of genus Campanula
  • Hungarian: harangvirág — plant of genus Campanula
  • Ingrian: kellokukka — plant of genus Campanula
  • Italian: campanula — plant of genus Campanula
  • Kazakh: қоңыраугүл (qoñyraugül) — plant of genus Campanula
  • Kyrgyz: коңгуроо (koŋguroo) — plant of genus Campanula
  • Latin: campānula — plant of genus Campanula
  • Lithuanian: katilėlis — plant of genus Campanula
  • Navajo: awééʼchíʼí — plant of genus Campanula
  • Polish: dzwonek — plant of genus Campanula
  • Portuguese: campânula — plant of genus Campanula
  • Romanian: clopoțel — plant of genus Campanula
  • Romanian: campanulă — plant of genus Campanula
  • Russian: колоко́льчик (kolokólʹčik) — plant of genus Campanula
  • Spanish: campanilla — plant of genus Campanula
  • Spanish: campánula — plant of genus Campanula
  • Translingual: Campanula — plant of genus Campanula
  • Turkish: çan çiçeği — plant of genus Campanula
  • Turkish: göl soğanı — plant of genus Campanula
  • Turkish: meryemanaeldiveni — plant of genus Campanula
  • Turkish: boru çiçeği — plant of genus Campanula
  • Turkish: çıngırak otu — plant of genus Campanula
  • Ukrainian: дзво́ник (dzvónyk) — plant of genus Campanula
  • Welsh: clychlys — plant of genus Campanula
  • Finnish: kellokasvi — plant of genera Campanulastrum, Codonopsis or Platycodon
  • Polish: dzwonkowiec — plant of genera Campanulastrum, Codonopsis or Platycodon
  • Polish: kodonopsis — plant of genera Campanulastrum, Codonopsis or Platycodon
  • Polish: dzwonistęp — plant of genera Campanulastrum, Codonopsis or Platycodon
  • Welsh: clychlys — plant of genera Campanulastrum, Codonopsis or Platycodon
  • Finnish: kielokki — plant of genus Uvularia
  • Polish: jagodowiec — plant of genus Uvularia
  • Polish: sopleniec — plant of genus Uvularia
  • Translingual: Uvularia — plant of genus Uvularia
  • Albanian: lulekëmborë — bell-shaped flower
  • Avar: цӏункӏулукӏал (cʼunkʼulukʼal) — bell-shaped flower
  • Danish: klokkeblomst — bell-shaped flower
  • Finnish: kellokukka — bell-shaped flower
  • Finnish: kello — bell-shaped flower
  • Polish: dzwonek — bell-shaped flower
  • Welsh: clychlys — bell-shaped flower