Bellflower

Bellflower
Bellflower Bell"flow`er, n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell-shaped flowers. [1913 Webster]

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  • Bellflower — Bellflower, CA U.S. city in California Population (2000): 72878 Housing Units (2000): 24247 Land area (2000): 6.073422 sq. miles (15.730089 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.074288 sq. miles (0.192406 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.147710 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Bellflower — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Bellflower (Illinois) Bellflower (Kalifornien) Bellflower (Missouri) Bellflower Township (Illinois) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bellflower, CA — U.S. city in California Population (2000): 72878 Housing Units (2000): 24247 Land area (2000): 6.073422 sq. miles (15.730089 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.074288 sq. miles (0.192406 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.147710 sq. miles (15.922495 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Bellflower, IL — U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 408 Housing Units (2000): 171 Land area (2000): 0.364913 sq. miles (0.945120 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.364913 sq. miles (0.945120 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Bellflower, MO — U.S. city in Missouri Population (2000): 427 Housing Units (2000): 184 Land area (2000): 0.549118 sq. miles (1.422210 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.549118 sq. miles (1.422210 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Bellflower — Bell flow er, n. [F. bellefleur, lit., beautiful flower.] A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple. [Written also {bellefleur}.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bellflower — [bel′flou΄ər] [so named (1909) as the site of an orchard of bellflower apples] city in SW Calif.: suburb of Los Angeles: pop. 73,000 …   English World dictionary

  • bellflower — [bel′flou΄ər] adj. designating a large family (Campanulaceae, order Campanulales) of dicotyledonous flowering plants n. any of a genus (Campanula) of plants of this family, with showy, bell shaped flowers of white, pink, or blue, widely… …   English World dictionary

  • bellflower — /bel flow euhr/, n. 1. any of numerous plants of the genus Campanula, having usually bell shaped flowers and including many species cultivated as ornamentals. Cf. bellflower family. 2. any of various other plants having bell shaped flowers. [1570 …   Universalium

  • Bellflower — /bel flow euhr/, n. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles. 53,441. * * * Any of about 300 annual, perennial, and biennial herbaceous plants of the genus Campanula (family Campanulaceae) that bear bell shaped, usually blue flowers. They are… …   Universalium

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