different between bellflower vs bellwort

English

Etymology

bell +? flower

Noun

bellflower (plural bellflowers)

1. Any of many plants that produce flowers that are bell-like.
   1. Any flowering plants in the genus Campanula.
   2. Flowering plants in the genera, Campanulastrum, Codonopsis, or Platycodon, in the family Campanulaceae.
   3. Any flowering plant in genus Uvularia.
2. A flower of one of these plants, which is shaped like a bell.

Derived terms

• American bellflower (Campanula americana)
• bonnet bellflower (Codonopsis spp.)
• Chinese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
• Japanese bellflower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
• Korean bellflower (Campanula takesimana)

Translations

Further reading

• bellflower on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

bell +? wort

Noun

bellwort (usually uncountable, plural bellworts)

1. Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Uvularia, that have yellow, bell-shaped flowers.
2. Plants in the Campanulaceae family.

Synonyms

• (Uvularia): bellflower, merrybell

Derived terms

• sessile bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia)
• perfoliate bellwort (Uvularia perfoliata)
• Florida bellwort (Uvularia floridana)
• mountain bellwort (Uvularia puberula)
• large-flowered bellwort (Uvularia grandiflora)

Further reading

• bellwort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Uvularia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Campanulaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies