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Definition of Harebell

1. Noun. Sometimes placed in genus Scilla.

2. Noun. Perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers.

Definition of Harebell

1. n. A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell.

Definition of Harebell

1. Noun. A perennial flowering plant, ''Campanula rotundifolia'', native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Harebell

1. a perennial herb [n -S]

Medical Definition of Harebell

1. A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers. Synonym: bluebell. Alternative forms: hairbell. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Harebell

hardy hole hardy holes hardystonite hare hare's-ear hare's-foot bristle fern hare's-foot fern hare's eye hare-brained hare-hearted

hare and hounds hare lip hare scramble hare wallaby harebell (current term) harebells harebrained hared hareem hareems

harefoot harehound harehounds hareld harelds harelike harelipped harelips

Literary usage of Harebell

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

1. Young Folks' Recitations: Designed for Young People of Fourteen Years by Rachel Hinkle Shoemaker (1912)
"A harebell hung its willful head: " I am tired, so tired ! ... The cloud withdrew, and the harebell cried, " I am faint, so faint ! and no water beside ! ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"HOPE IS LIKE A harebell HOPE is like a harebell, trembling from its birth; Love is like a rose, the joy of all the earth. Faith is like a lily lifted high ..."

3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"harebell, the common name in this country and England for a beautiful wild perennial plant, campanula rotundifolia. The genus campanula is a large and very ..."

4. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"For me ' — she stooped, and, looking round, Plucked a blue harebell from the ' For me, whose memory scarce convoys An image of more splendid days, ..."

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