Bluebonnet (Noun)
Meaning 1
A brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Tam o' Shanter wore a bluebonnet to keep his head warm on chilly evenings spent at the local pub.
- The young bagpiper topped off his kilt with a worn leather bluebonnet.
- The Laird of the castle favored a bluebonnet over a traditional tartan tam.
- Ghillies often wore bluebonnets as part of their traditional Scottish attire while fishing in the Highlands.
- In days of old, only Scottish nobility were allowed to wear the plumed bluebonnet.
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Meaning 2
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.