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any of various deciduous trees of the genus Halesia having white bell-shaped flowers

: a medium sized tree (Halesia carolina) of the southeastern United States often cultivated for its showy bell-shaped white flowers — called also opossum wood

any North American shrub or small tree belonging to the genus Halesia, of the storax family, having toothed leaves and drooping white, bell-shaped flowers. Also called silver-bell tree.

[1775-85, Amer.]

silver bell noun

Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs of the genus Halesia, native to N America and China, having bell-shaped silvery-white flowers (also called snowdrop tree)

Main Entry: ↑silver

silver bell, or sil|ver-bell tree «SIHL vuhr _BEHL»,

a small North American tree, related to the storax, often grown for its white, bell-shaped flowers.