HyperDic: bells_of_ireland

English > 1 sense of the expression bells of Ireland:
NOUNplantbells of Ireland, molucca balm, Molucella laevisaromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx
English > bells of Ireland: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningaromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx.
Synonymsmolucca balm, Molucella laevis
Member ofMolucella, genus Molucellasmall genus of aromatic herbs of Mediterranean regions
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem

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