campanula Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers
    bellflower.

WordNet

Cam*pan"u*la noun
Etymology
LL. campanula a little bell; dim. of campana bell.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower.

Webster 1913