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blue bonnet

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blue⋅bon⋅net

[bloo-bon-it]
–noun
1. the cornflower, Centaurea cyanus.
2. a blue-flowered lupine, esp. 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.
Also called blue⋅cap [bloo-kap] .


Origin:
1675–85; blue + bonnet
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