bluebell

1 sometimes placed in genus Scilla [syn: wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth, harebell, Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta]

2 one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers laving large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas [syn: prairie gentian, tulip gentian, Eustoma grandiflorum]

3 perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers [syn: harebell, Campanula rotundifolia]

English

Noun

1. Either of two flowering plants of the genus Hyacinthoides:- the English bluebell and the Spanish bluebell.
2. A harebell, Campanula rotundifolia.

Bluebell can refer to:

In botany:

A common name for many species of flowering plants, including:

• Hyacinthoides genus:

• Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
• Spanish Bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica)
• The Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) is often called Bluebell in Scotland

• Mertensia genus

• Bluebell wood, a wood with many Common Bluebells flowering in spring

In geography:

• Bluebell, Dublin, a locality in south Dublin in Ireland, sometimes said to be part of Inchicore, Drimnagh or greater Crumlin
• Bluebell, Utah, a rural farming community in Duchesne County, Utah

In music:

• The Bluebells, a 1980s Scottish pop band
• Bluebell, a 1960s italian record label
• "Bluebells" (song), a single by Patrick Wolf

Other:

• Bluebell, a fictional rabbit in the novel Watership Down by Richard Adams
• Blue Bell Creameries, a brand of Ice Cream
• Bluebell Railway, a preserved railway line for steam locomotives in Southern England
• HMS Bluebell, two ships of the Royal Navy
• Bluebell Halliwell, born Bluebell Madonna Halliwell, Spice Girl Geri Halliwell's daughter