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51Campanulaceae — ▪ plant family the bellflower family, containing 84 genera and about 2,400 species of mostly herbaceous (nonwoody) plants, many with showy, blue, bell like flowers. The plants are mainly important as garden ornamentals. They are mostly native to …
52bellflower family — noun family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae • Syn: ↑Campanulaceae, ↑family Campanulaceae • Hypernyms: ↑plant family • Member Holonyms: ↑Campanulales, ↑order Campanulales …
53bellflower — /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 …
54Birthday flowers — are ascribed by tradition for those born on any given date in the year in Europe and the West. Not all are precisely flowers, however. They are listed below.January*1 oak geranium *2 Rosa multiflora *3 cactus *4 aloe *5 hydrangea *6 ice plant *7… …
55Bellflower — /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… …
56cam|pan|u|la — «kam PAN yuh luh», noun. any of a large genus of plants with bell shaped, blue, purple, pink, or white flowers, such as the bluebell and Canterbury bell; bellflower. ╂[< Late Latin campānula (diminutive) < campāna bell] …
57campanula — /kəmˈpænjələ/ (say kuhm panyuhluh) noun any plant of the genus Campanula, as the bluebell or the Canterbury bell; a bellflower. {New Latin, diminutive of Late Latin campāna bell} …
58Campanulaceous — Cam*pan u*la ceous (k[a^]m*p[a^]n [ u]*l[=a] sh[u^]s), a. (Bot.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants ({Campanulace[ae]}) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus s… …
59Sandford Orcas — is a village and parish in north west Dorset, England, three miles north of Sherborne, and surrounded by beautiful countryside. The village has a population of 195 (2001). Just to the east of the village itself is the hamlet Holway. Historically… …
60Robert William Radclyffe Dolling — (1851 ndash;1902), English divine, known as Father Dolling, was born at Magheralin, County Down, and educated at Harrow and Cambridge. From 1878 to 1882 he was warden of one of the houses of the Postmens League, started by Father Stanton of St.… …
