The Clue
Grape hyacinth (8 letter answer)
The Answer
BLUEBELL
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Notes
The answer BLUEBELL is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
BLUEBELL as a noun:
1. (wild hyacinth, wood hyacinth, bluebell, harebell, Hyacinthoides nonscripta, Scilla nonscripta) = sometimes placed in genus Scilla
2. (prairie gentian, tulip gentian, bluebell, Eustoma grandiflorum) = one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas
3. (harebell, bluebell, Campanula rotundifolia) = perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers