harebell

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UK/ˈhɛəˌbɛl/US/ˈhɛɚˌbɛl/

noun

A perennial flowering plant, Campanula rotundifolia, native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers.

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Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounharebell (plural harebells)

plural harebells · alternative hairbell

  1. A perennial flowering plant, Campanula rotundifolia, native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers.

    How Snow-drops cold, and blue-eyed Harebells blend / Their tender tears, as o'er the stream they bend […].

    1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 2
    1 more example

    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.

    2020, Jasper Fforde, The Constant Rabbit, page 7
  2. foxglove

    I wonder whether the witches would be wearing on their fingers their ornaments of foxglove blossoms, often called witches' bells or harebells, sometimes known as witches' thimbles.

    1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 258

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsometimes placed in genus Scilla

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wild hyacinthwood hyacinthbluebellHyacinthoides nonscriptaScilla nonscripta
Broader
liliaceous plant

nounperennial of Northern Hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers

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bluebellCampanula rotundifolia

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishharebelle
  2. Englishharebell

From Middle English harebelle, equivalent to hare + bell.

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Translations

Bulgarian камбанка
  • камбанка (kambanka)plant
Catalan campaneta de fulla rodona
  • campaneta de fulla rodonaplant
Danish blåklokke
  • blåklokkeplant
Dutch grasklokje
  • grasklokjeplant
Finnish kissankello
  • kissankelloplant
German Rundblättrige Glockenblume
  • Rundblättrige Glockenblumeplant
Irish méaracán gorm
  • méaracán gormplant
Norwegian Bokmål blåklokke
  • blåklokkeplant
Polish dzwonek okrągłolistny
  • dzwonek okrągłolistnyplant
Russian колоко́льчик круглоли́стный
  • колоко́льчик круглоли́стный (kolokólʹčik kruglolístnyj)plant
Scottish Gaelic currac na cuthaige
  • currac na cuthaigeplant
Swedish blåklocka
  • blåklockaplant
Turkish yuvarlak yapraklı çançiçeği
  • yuvarlak yapraklı çançiçeğiplant
Welsh clychau'r eos
  • clychau'r eosplant
Cite this entry
APA

harebell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harebell

MLA

“harebell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harebell. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “harebell,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/harebell.

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