Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: bluebell
IPA transcription: [bl'ub,ɛl]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: harebell, bluebell, Campanula_rotundifolia
    Meaning: perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers
  • Synonyms: prairie_gentian, tulip_gentian, bluebell, Eustoma_grandiflorum
    Meaning: one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas
  • Synonyms: wild_hyacinth, wood_hyacinth, bluebell, harebell, Hyacinthoides_nonscripta, Scilla_nonscripta
    Meaning: sometimes placed in genus Scilla
Usage examples
  • Every snip of the scissors, as rose and peony and bluebell fell, seemed to chirp, "Mrs. Morgan is coming today." Anne wondered how Mr. Harrison COULD go on placidly mowing hay in the field across the lane, just as if nothing were going to happen.