california bluebell

1. 1.

   desert plant of southern California with blue or violet tubular flowers in terminal racemes

   SynonymswhitlaviaPhacelia minorPhacelia whitlavia

   Broaderscorpionweed
2. 2.

   annual of southern California with intricately branched stems and lax cymes of aromatic deep blue bell-shaped flowers

   SynonymsPhacelia campanularia

   Broaderscorpionweed

Questions about california bluebell

What does california bluebell mean?

california bluebell means "desert plant of southern California with blue or violet tubular flowers in terminal racemes". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for california bluebell?

Close synonyms include whitlavia, Phacelia minor, Phacelia whitlavia, Phacelia campanularia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is california bluebell a common word?

california bluebell is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.