bluebonnet

[ bloo-bon-it ]

noun

the cornflower, Centaurea cyanus.
a blue-flowered lupine, especially Lupinus subcarnosus, having spikes of light blue flowers with a white or yellow spot: the state flower of Texas.

a broad, flat cap of blue wool, formerly worn in Scotland.
a Scottish soldier who wore such a cap.
any Scot.

Origin of bluebonnet

First recorded in 1675–85; blue + bonnet

Also called blue·cap [bloo-kap]. /ˈbluˌkæp/.

Words Nearby bluebonnet

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How to use bluebonnet in a sentence

During the spring bloom, take in vast fields of bluebonnets and other wildflowers and admire the granite dome of Enchanted Rock in the distance.
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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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British Dictionary definitions for bluebonnet

bluebonnet

bluecap (ˈbluːˌkæp)

/ (ˈbluːˌbɒnɪt) /

noun

other names for Balmoral 1 (def. 3)

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