1. a woodland plant with drooping yellow bell-shaped flowers, belonging to the lily family
Usage: botanical

Examples

• The bellwort bloomed in early spring beneath the oak trees.
• We found patches of bellwort growing along the forest trail.
• The delicate yellow flowers of the bellwort hung gracefully from arched stems.
• Bellwort is native to eastern North America’s deciduous forests.
• The botanist identified the bellwort by its distinctive drooping blossoms.
• Wild bellwort carpeted the woodland floor in May.