harebell Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun sometimes placed in genus Scilla
    bluebell; wild hyacinth; Hyacinthoides nonscripta; Scilla nonscripta; wood hyacinth.
  2. noun perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers
    Campanula rotundifolia; bluebell.

WordNet

Hare"bell` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A small, slender, branching plant (Campanula rotundifolia), having blue bell-shaped flowers; also, Scilla nutans, which has similar flowers; -- called also bluebell. Written also hairbell.
    E'en the light harebell raised its head. Sir W. Scott .

Webster 1913