noun
aromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx
• Syn: ↑bells of Ireland, ↑Molucella laevis
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Molucella, ↑genus Molucella
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nounUsage: usually capitalized M
: an annual herb (Moluccella laevis) with a greenish calyx resembling a bell surrounding the shorter whitish corolla — called also bells of Ireland, shellflower
Useful english dictionary. 2012.