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bluebonnet

[ bloo-bon-it ]

noun

  1. the cornflower, Centaurea cyanus.
  2. a blue-flowered lupine, especially Lupinus subcarnosus, having spikes of light blue flowers with a white or yellow spot: the state flower of Texas.
  3. a broad, flat cap of blue wool, formerly worn in Scotland.
  4. a Scottish soldier who wore such a cap.
  5. any Scot.

bluebonnet

/ ˈbluːˌkæp; ˈbluːˌbɒnɪt /

noun

  1. other names for Balmoral 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bluebonnet1

First recorded in 1675–85; blue + bonnet

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Example Sentences

Zeen did not answer, but stood there shivering and staring, with his eyes fixed on a bluebonnet in the cut corn.

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