canterbury bell

Questions about canterbury bell

What does canterbury bell mean?

canterbury bell means "herb of Colombia to Peru having pale purple flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for canterbury bell?

Close synonyms include Gloxinia perennis, cup and saucer, Campanula medium. 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 canterbury bell a common word?

canterbury bell 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.