bellflower

English - Turkish

Definition of bellflower in English Turkish dictionary

çançiçeği

çan çiçeği

(isim) çançiçeği

çançiçek

i., bot. çançiçeği

English - English

Definition of bellflower in English English dictionary

a flower of one of these plants, which is shaped like a bell

a common name for flowering plants in any of the genera Campanula, Campanulastrum, Codonopsis, or Platycodon

{n} a flower in shape of a bell, a genus of plants of more than forty species

A kind of apple

{i} any of plants having bell-shaped flowers

The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple

Any of about 300 annual, perennial, and biennial herbaceous plants of the genus Campanula (family Campanulaceae) that bear bell-shaped, usually blue flowers. They are native mainly to northern temperate regions in both hemispheres, Mediterranean areas, and tropical mountains. Distribution and habitat may be quite diverse. Species native to northern Eurasia and eastern North America but also grown in gardens are the bluebell (C. rotundifolia) and the tall bellflower (C. americana). The creeping bellflower (C. rapunculoides) is a notorious garden weed. Among the few food plants in the bellflower family, which includes a total of 40 genera and 700 species, are the rampion (C. rapunculus), eaten as a vegetable in parts of Europe, and some robust members especially Canarina, Clermontia, and Centropogon that produce edible berries

any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers

A plant of the genus Campanula; so named from its bell-shaped flowers

Related Terms

bonnet bellflower

Any of several plants of the genus Codonopsis

clustered bellflower

bellflower of Europe to temperate Asia having dense spikes of violet-blue to white flowers

creeping bellflower

erect European herb with creeping rootstocks and nodding spikelike racemes of blue to violet flowers

marsh bellflower

bellflower common in marshes of eastern North America having lanceolate linear leaves and small whitish flowers

tall bellflower

annual or perennial of eastern North America with long spikes of blue or white flowers

tussock bellflower

European perennial bellflower that grows in clumps with spreading stems and blue or white flowers

Hyphenation

bell·flow·er

Turkish pronunciation

belflauır

Pronunciation

/ˈbelˌflouər/ /ˈbɛlˌflaʊɜr/