Meanings
- A plant in the mint family grown for its distinctive green cup-like circular calyxes, Moluccella laevis.
Synonyms: Molucca balm, shellflower
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA plant in the mint family grown for its distinctive green cup-like circular calyxes, Moluccella laevis.
More synonyms by meaning
nounaromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
bells of Ireland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bells%20of%20Ireland
“bells of Ireland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bells%20of%20Ireland. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bells of Ireland,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bells%20of%20Ireland.
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