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CANTERBURY BELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
European biennial widely cultivated for its blue or violet or white flowers
Synonyms:
Campanula medium; Canterbury bell; cup and saucer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Canterbury bell" is a kind of...):
bellflower; campanula (any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Herb of Colombia to Peru having pale purple flowers
Synonyms:
Canterbury bell; Gloxinia perennis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Canterbury bell" is a kind of...):
gloxinia (any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers)
Holonyms ("Canterbury bell" is a member of...):
genus Gloxinia (small genus of tropical American herbs with leafy stems and axillary flowers)
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