harebell
English
Alternative forms
- hairbell
Etymology
From Middle English harebelle, equivalent to hare + bell.
Noun
Harebells
harebell (plural harebells)
- A perennial flowering plant, Campanula rotundifolia, native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers.
- 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, p. 2:
- How Snow-drops cold, and blue-eyed Harebells blend / Their tender tears, as o'er the stream they bend […] .
- 2020, Jasper Fforde, The Constant Rabbit, page 7:
- 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.
- 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, p. 2:
Synonyms
- bluebell, blawort, lady's thimble, witch's bells, witch's thimbles
Translations
plant
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Anagrams
- beer hall, beerhall