"harebell" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: harebells [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English harebelle, equivalent to hare + bell. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|harebelle}} Middle English harebelle, {{compound|en|hare|bell}} hare + bell Head templates: {{en-noun}} harebell (plural harebells)
  1. A perennial flowering plant, Campanula rotundifolia, native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers. Categories (lifeform): Asterales order plants, Plantain family plants Translations (plant): камбанка (kambanka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), blåklokke [common-gender] (Danish), grasklokje [neuter] (Dutch), bláklokka [feminine] (Faroese), kissankello (Finnish), Rundblättrige Glockenblume [feminine] (German), kellokukka (Ingrian), méaracán gorm [masculine] (Irish), blåklokke [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), blåklokke [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), колоко́льчик круглоли́стный (kolokólʹčik kruglolístnyj) [masculine] (Russian), blaver (Scots), blåklocka [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-harebell-en-noun-Gh-~gaL- Disambiguation of Asterales order plants: 81 19 Disambiguation of Plantain family plants: 84 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 72 28 Disambiguation of 'plant': 100 0
  2. foxglove
    Sense id: en-harebell-en-noun-I98Ann-W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bluebell, blawort, lady's thimble, witch's bells, witch's thimbles, hairbell

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