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MISSION BELLS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does mission bells mean?

• MISSION BELLS (noun)
The noun MISSION BELLS has 2 senses:

1. herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green
2. herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers

Familiarity information: MISSION BELLS used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MISSION BELLS (noun)

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Meaning:

Herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

black fritillary; Fritillaria biflora; mission bells

Hypernyms ("mission bells" is a kind of...):

checkered lily; fritillary (any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers)

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Meaning:

Herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Fritillaria affinis; Fritillaria lanceolata; Fritillaria mutica; rice-grain fritillary; mission bells

Hypernyms ("mission bells" is a kind of...):

checkered lily; fritillary (any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers)

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