molucella laevis

1. 1.

   aromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx

   Synonymsmolucca balmbells of Ireland

   Broaderherb

   Part ofMolucella

Questions about molucella laevis

What does molucella laevis mean?

molucella laevis means "aromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx".

What is another word for molucella laevis?

Close synonyms include molucca balm, bells of Ireland. 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 molucella laevis a common word?

molucella laevis 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.