bellflower

1. Any of various herbs of the genus Campanula, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and often having showy, bell-shaped, violet or blue flowers.
2. Any of several other plants, especially one with bell-shaped flowers.

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Bellflower (Campanula) (credit: W.H. Hodge)

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 84 genera and 2,400 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.

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A bell-shaped floral ornament; commonly, one of a string of such decorative elements.

The term Bellflower can refer to:

• The city of Bellflower, California.
• The village of Bellflower, Illinois.
• Numerous flowering Bellflower plants, classified in the genera Campanula, Campanulastrum, Codonopsis, and Platycodon.
• The Bellflower family of rabbits, created by Geneviève Huriet for her Beechwood Bunny Tales book series.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - klokkeblomst

Nederlands (Dutch)
klokvormige plant

Français (French)
n. - (Bot) campanule

Deutsch (German)
n. - (bot.) Glockenblume

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καμπανούλα (διακοσμητικό φυτό)

Italiano (Italian)
campanula

Português (Portuguese)
n. - campânula (f) (Bot.)

Русский (Russian)
колокольчик

Español (Spanish)
n. - campánula, campanilla

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - blåklocka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
吊钟花, 风铃草

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 吊鐘花, 風鈴草

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 종 모양의 꽃이 피는 식물(초롱꽃)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ホタルブクロ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نوع من الزهور‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פעמונית (צמח)‬

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