Bluebell

Bluebell

Bluebell may refer to:

In botany:
*A common name for many species of flowering plants, including:
**Hyacinthoides genus:
***Common Bluebell ("Hyacinthoides non-scripta")
***Italian Bluebell ("Hyacinthoides italica")
***Spanish Bluebell ("Hyacinthoides hispanica")
**The Harebell ("Campanula rotundifolia") is often called Bluebell in Scotland
**"Mertensia" genus
*Bluebell wood, a wood with many Common Bluebells flowering in spring

In geography:
* Bluebell, Dublin, a locality in south Dublin in Ireland, sometimes said to be part of Inchicore, Drimnagh or greater Crumlin
*Bluebell, Utah, a rural farming community in Duchesne County, Utah

In music:
*The Bluebells, a 1980s Scottish pop band
*"Bluebells" (song), a single by Patrick Wolf

Other:
*Bluebell, a fictional rabbit in the novel "Watership Down" by Richard Adams
*Blue Bell Creameries, a brand of Ice Cream
*Bluebell Railway, a preserved railway line for steam locomotives in Southern England
*HMS "Bluebell", two ships of the Royal Navy
*Bluebell Halliwell, Geri Halliwell's daughter


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