whispering bells


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Noun1.whispering bells - viscid herb of arid or desert habitats of southwestern United States having pendulous yellow flowerswhispering bells - viscid herb of arid or desert habitats of southwestern United States having pendulous yellow flowers
California yellow bells, Emmanthe penduliflora, yellow bells
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
Emmanthe, genus Emmanthe - one species: yellow bells
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In 1997, they published a paper contending that nitrogen dioxide from smoke breaks the dormancy of seeds of the California chaparral wild-flower known as whispering bells.
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CHUCK JACKSON Good Things (Kent) CHUCK Jackson, from Pittsburgh, first found fame with the Dell--Vikings, who had hits in the USA in 1957 with Come Go With Me and Whispering Bells.
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The researchers, reporting in the May 23 Science, tested the effects of smoke and nitrogen dioxide on seeds of whispering bells (Emmenanthe penduliflora), an annual flowering plant that thrives on newly burned ground.
Where there's smoke, there's germination

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