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bluebonnet

blue·bon·net [ bl bònnət ] (plural blue·bon·nets)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. plant with spikes of blue flowers: a low-growing lupine. Flowers: light blue, in spikes. Native to: Texas.  Latin name Lupinus texensis, Lupinus subcarnosus.

2. Scottish woolen cap: a wide round flat cap of blue wool, formerly worn in Scotland

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