- bellflower
- noun Date: 1578 any of a genus (Campanula of the family Campanulaceae, the bellflower family) of widely cultivated herbs having alternate leaves and usually showy bell-shaped flowers
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Bellflower — Bellflower, CA U.S. city in California Population (2000): 72878 Housing Units (2000): 24247 Land area (2000): 6.073422 sq. miles (15.730089 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.074288 sq. miles (0.192406 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.147710 sq. miles… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Bellflower — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Bellflower (Illinois) Bellflower (Kalifornien) Bellflower (Missouri) Bellflower Township (Illinois) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit … Deutsch Wikipedia
Bellflower, CA — U.S. city in California Population (2000): 72878 Housing Units (2000): 24247 Land area (2000): 6.073422 sq. miles (15.730089 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.074288 sq. miles (0.192406 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.147710 sq. miles (15.922495 sq. km)… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Bellflower, IL — U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 408 Housing Units (2000): 171 Land area (2000): 0.364913 sq. miles (0.945120 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.364913 sq. miles (0.945120 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Bellflower, MO — U.S. city in Missouri Population (2000): 427 Housing Units (2000): 184 Land area (2000): 0.549118 sq. miles (1.422210 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.549118 sq. miles (1.422210 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Bellflower — Bell flow er, n. [F. bellefleur, lit., beautiful flower.] A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple. [Written also {bellefleur}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bellflower — [bel′flou΄ər] [so named (1909) as the site of an orchard of bellflower apples] city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 73,000 … English World dictionary
Bellflower — Bell flow er, n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Campanula; so named from its bell shaped flowers. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bellflower — [bel′flou΄ər] adj. designating a large family (Campanulaceae, order Campanulales) of dicotyledonous flowering plants n. any of a genus (Campanula) of plants of this family, with showy, bell shaped flowers of white, pink, or blue, widely… … English World dictionary
bellflower — /bel flow euhr/, n. 1. any of numerous plants of the genus Campanula, having usually bell shaped flowers and including many species cultivated as ornamentals. Cf. bellflower family. 2. any of various other plants having bell shaped flowers. [1570 … Universalium
Bellflower — /bel flow euhr/, n. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles. 53,441. * * * 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… … Universalium
