bluebell

1. Any of several bulbous plants of the genus Hyacinthoides (syn. Endymion) in the lily family, native to western Europe and northwest Africa and having racemes of usually blue to pink bell-shaped flowers. Also called wood hyacinth.
2. Any of numerous plants of the genus Mertensia, native to Asia, Europe, and North America and having blue, trumpet-shaped flowers.
3. See harebell.
4. Any of several other plants having bluish, usually bell-shaped flowers.

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Wild hyacinth (Hyacinthoides nonscriptus). (credit: M.T. Tanton — The National Audubon Society Collection/Photo Researchers)

Any plant of the genus Hyacinthoides, in the family Hyacinthaceae, native to Eurasia. Bluebell, or wild hyacinth (H. nonscriptus or Endymion nonscriptus), and Spanish bluebell (H. hispanicus), bearing clusters of bell-shaped blue flowers, are cultivated as garden ornamentals; some authorities place them in the related genus Scilla of the same family. Many other plants are commonly known as bluebells, including species of the genera Campanula, Eustoma, Polemonium, and Clematis. In the U.S. the name bluebell is usually reserved for Mertensia virginica.

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Bluebell may refer to:

In botany:

• A common name for many species of flowering plants, including:
  • Hyacinthoides genus:
    • Common Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
    • Italian Bluebell (Hyacinthoides italica)
    • Spanish Bluebell (Hyacinthoides hispanica)
  • The Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) is often called Bluebell in Scotland
  • Mertensia genus
• Bluebell wood, a wood with many Common Bluebells flowering in spring

In geography:

• Bluebell, Dublin, a locality in south Dublin in Ireland, sometimes said to be part of Inchicore, Drimnagh or greater Crumlin
• Bluebell, Utah, a rural farming community in Duchesne County, Utah

In music:

• The Bluebells, a 1980s Scottish pop band
• "Bluebells" (song), a single by Patrick Wolf
• Miss Bluebell (1910-2004), Irish dancer

Other:

• Bluebell, a fictional rabbit in the novel Watership Down by Richard Adams
• Blue Bell Creameries, a brand of Ice Cream
• Bluebell Railway, a preserved railway line for steam locomotives in Southern England
• SECR P Class 323 Bluebell, an SECR P Class locomotive at the above railway
• HMS Bluebell, two ships of the Royal Navy
• Bluebell (TV series)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - klokkeblomst

Nederlands (Dutch)
klokje, wilde hyacint

Français (French)
n. - jacinthe des bois, campanule

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

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) καμπανούλα, αγριοϋάκινθος, ζουμπούλι

Italiano (Italian)
campanula

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

Русский (Russian)
колокольчик

Español (Spanish)
n. - campánula, campanilla

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - engelska klockhyacint, blåklocka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
蓝钟花, 风铃草

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

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 종 모양의 꽃이 피는 백합과의 각종 식물

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ブルーベル

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زهرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פעמונית (צמח)‬

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