harebell

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈhɛəˌbɛl/
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/ˈhɛəˌbɛl/ · /ˈhɛɚˌbɛl/

Definition of harebell

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A perennial flowering plant, Campanula rotundifolia, native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers.
    “How Snow-drops cold, and blue-eyed Harebells blend / Their tender tears, as o'er the stream they bend […].”
    “Her most striking feature, then as now, was her eyes: both large and expressive, but while one was the brown of a fresh hazelnut, the other was pale bluey-violet, the colour of harebells.”
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noun

  1. A perennial flowering plant, Campanula rotundifolia, native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers.
    “How Snow-drops cold, and blue-eyed Harebells blend / Their tender tears, as o'er the stream they bend […].”
    “Her most striking feature, then as now, was her eyes: both large and expressive, but while one was the brown of a fresh hazelnut, the other was pale bluey-violet, the colour of harebells.”
  2. foxglove
    “I wonder whether the witches would be wearing on their fingers their ornaments of foxglove blossoms, often called witches' bells or harebells, sometimes known as witches' thimbles.”

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Etymology

From Middle English harebelle, equivalent to hare + bell.

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