Main Entry:

blue·bell

Pronunciation:

\-ˌbel\

Function:

noun

Date:

1578

1: any of various bellflowers ; especially : harebell2: any of various plants bearing blue bell-shaped flowers: as a: a European herb (Hyacinthoides nonscripta syn. Scilla nonscripta) of the lily family having scapose racemes of drooping bell-shaped flowers —called also wild hyacinth bplural : a glabrous erect eastern United States herb (Mertensia virginica) of the borage family with entire leaves and showy blue flowers pink in the bud —called also Virginia bluebells