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Definition of bellwort in US English: bellwortnoun ˈbelˌwərtˈbelˌwərt A plant of the lily family bearing slender yellow bell-like flowers and found chiefly in eastern North America. Genus Uvularia, family Liliaceae: several species, including the large-flowered bellwort (U. grandiflora) and the perfoliate bellwort (U. perfoliata) Example sentencesExamples - In Kentucky, the plant is often associated with azaleas, mountain laurels and bellworts under the dappled shade of birch trees.
- The stems of the flowered bellworts rise to your knees, bend, and droop low under their heavy ovate leaves and lemon-colored, bell-shaped flowers.
- Virginia bluebells, bellworts, wild ginger and wild columbines are only a few to be seen in the park.
- The similar sessile-leaf bellwort has leaves that clasp the stem and smaller cream-colored flowers.
- As with regular bellwort, it emerges in very early spring and is topped by small yellow flowers.
Definition of bellwort in US English: bellwortnounˈbelˌwərt A plant of the lily family bearing slender yellow bell-like flowers and found chiefly in eastern North America. Genus Uvularia, family Liliaceae: several species, including the large-flowered bellwort (U. grandiflora) and the perfoliate bellwort (U. perfoliata) Example sentencesExamples - As with regular bellwort, it emerges in very early spring and is topped by small yellow flowers.
- The stems of the flowered bellworts rise to your knees, bend, and droop low under their heavy ovate leaves and lemon-colored, bell-shaped flowers.
- Virginia bluebells, bellworts, wild ginger and wild columbines are only a few to be seen in the park.
- The similar sessile-leaf bellwort has leaves that clasp the stem and smaller cream-colored flowers.
- In Kentucky, the plant is often associated with azaleas, mountain laurels and bellworts under the dappled shade of birch trees.
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