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BLUEBONNET

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side

Synonyms:

Balmoral; bluebonnet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bluebonnet" is a kind of...):

cap (a tight-fitting headdress)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States

Synonyms:

bluebonnet; buffalo clover; Lupinus subcarnosus; Texas bluebonnet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bluebonnet" is a kind of...):

lupin; lupine (any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers)

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