bluebonnet

American  

[bloo-bon-it] / ˈbluˌbɒn ɪt /

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.

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bluebonnet British  

/ ˈbluːˌkæp, ˈbluːˌbɒnɪt /

noun

1. other names for Balmoral 1

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Etymology

Origin of bluebonnet

First recorded in 1675–85; blue + bonnet

Example Sentences

Instead, there are violet columns of bluebonnets, pillowy white flowers blooming on jimsonweed, and delicate red blooms dotting a Texas betony shrub.

From National Geographic

Yet styles sometimes veered off into pure theatrics like a feathered hood in bluebonnet and gauche fringed jacket.

From Seattle Times

For example, Texas bluebonnets are native to the state but don’t typically bloom in Houston, Rushing says, because that area gets too much rainfall.

From Washington Post

Here in Texas, bluebonnets are usually gone by May.

From Washington Times

The bluebonnets popped up as ever this year, but the annual family portraits along the blooming Texas roadsides did not.

From New York Times