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Definition of Campanulate

1. Adjective. Shaped like a bell or campana. "Campanulate flowers of the genus Campanula"

Definition of Campanulate

1. a. Bell-shaped.

Definition of Campanulate

1. Adjective. Shaped like a bell. ¹

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Definition of Campanulate

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Campanulate

1. Bell-shaped, usually applied to calyx and corolla. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Campanulate

Literary usage of Campanulate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... calyx campanulate; corolla-tube somewhat exserted, pubescent outside, upper lobes of limb forming an obsolete upper lip, lateral lobes small, oblong, ..."

2. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1876)
"L APOCYNUM, Tourn. DOGBANE. INDIAN HEMP. Calyx 5-parted ; its short tube coherent by the disk with the base of the ovaries. Corolla campanulate ..."

3. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"Leaves crowded, spatulate or oval, villous- tomentose on both sides, slightly revolute, short-petioled; involucres turbinate- campanulate, 3—ì mm. high, ..."

4. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter, John Kunkel Small (1903)
"Corolla campanulate to globose-campanulate : leaves not sticky. Drupe with a bloom : leaf-blades pale beneath. 2. G. frondosa. ..."

5. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"... he involucre somewhat campanulate, 4 or 5 lines high, ... firm leaves hispid-ciliate, otherwise usually smooth and glabrous : involucre • campanulate (. ..."

6. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn; Jepson (1901)
"2 to 3 (rarely l)-flowered; leaves 2 to 6, mostly near the base, scattered perianth campanulate, more or less greenish but mostly dark purplish ' or ..."

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