bluebell
part of speech
noun (a bluebell, bluebells)
meaning for a pupil
1) A wild plant with nodding, bell-shaped blue or purple flowers that grows in woods in spring, especially in Britain and Ireland. tree →
2) (Scotland) Another name for the harebell, a delicate blue summer flower. tree →
3) In other places, other blue bell-shaped flowers, like Virginia bluebells in the USA. tree →
sense in the lessons
In nature lessons in the UK and Ireland, bluebell woods are a famous spring sight; they show that a wood is very old (ancient woodland). Bluebells are protected: it is illegal to dig them up from the wild. In fairy stories bluebells ring to call fairies. Phrases: bluebell wood, a carpet of bluebells.
examples
- In spring, the wood was carpeted with bluebells. tree →
- Bluebells grow best in old woods. tree →
- Don't pick or dig up wild bluebells; they are protected. tree →
- The bluebells smelled sweet in the sunshine. tree →
- We walked through a bluebell wood on our school trip. tree →
- Bees love bluebell flowers. tree →
- Sweet is the scent of the hawthorn, and sweet are the bluebells that hide in the valley, and the heather that blows on the hill. tree →
note
Countable: a bluebell, bluebells. One word. Safety: all parts of bluebells are poisonous to eat, especially for pets. Its Latin name is Hyacinthoides.
Trees and pragmatics
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