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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

风铃草

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fēng líng cǎo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bellflower/ˈbɛlˌflaʊ.ər/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"花园里盛开着紫色的风铃草。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Any of numerous plants of the genus Campanula, having bell-shaped flowers typically of a blue, purple, or white color.

    "The alpine meadow was dotted with delicate blue bellflowers blooming in the morning sun."
  2. 2

    A cultivated garden perennial valued for its showy, bell-shaped inflorescence.

    "She planted several clusters of tall bellflowers along the edge of the stone pathway."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English compound words referring to the bell-like shape of the blossom. It corresponds historically to the Germanic botanical naming traditions, directly mirroring the German 'Glockenblume' where 'Glocke' means bell and 'Blume' means flower.

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