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blue·bon·net | \ ˈblü-ˌbä-nət 
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\Definition of bluebonnet
1a : a wide flat round cap of blue wool formerly worn in Scotland
2 : either of two low-growing annual lupines (Lupinus subcarnosus or L. texensis) of Texas with silky foliage and blue flowers
Examples of bluebonnet in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web While most Texans are looking forward to the bluebonnets in March, Willie Nelson fans can't wait for the roses in April.
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Houston Chronicle, "Willie Nelson to release new album in April," 26 Feb. 2020 The town is the uncredited backdrop of countless postcards, posters and Instagram accounts — the bluebonnets are bright and ubiquitous, and even color the grassy medians.
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Manny Fernandez, New York Times, "Coronavirus and Poverty: A Mother Skips Meals So Her Children Can Eat," 20 Mar. 2020 Michael Ciaglo/Houston Chronicle, via Associated Press The bluebonnets popped up as ever this year, but the annual family portraits along the blooming Texas roadsides did not.
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Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times, "Another Coronavirus Casualty: Spring," 12 Apr. 2020 Spring — the season of rebirth — is unfolding without baseball, family reunions, bluebonnet viewings and more.
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Remy Tumin, New York Times, "Coronavirus, Joe Biden, Easter: Your Weekend Briefing," 12 Apr. 2020 In fact some bluebonnets have already started blooming.
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Danny Hermosillo, Houston Chronicle, "Wildflower forecast says Texas on track for a “hit and miss” season," 24 Feb. 2020 Surrounded by ranches and fields of bluebonnets, the county seat is a tiny cluster of homes around a town square and an old fort built as a defense against indigenous tribes in 1851.
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Silvia Foster-frau, ExpressNews.com, "County with no coronavirus cases braces for the worst," 30 Mar. 2020 Iconography: bluebonnets, armadillos, the yellow rose and oil derricks.
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Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, "Dr Pepper, Selena, bluebonnets, Blue Bell: State Fair’s 2020 theme honors Texas icons," 5 Mar. 2020 Roll past fields of wildflowers In the spring (typically from late March until mid to late April), waves of bluebonnets turn the Texas Hill Country into a sea of cerulean and nourish several species of butterflies.
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George Lin, National Geographic, "5 surprising ways to celebrate gardens this spring," 18 Feb. 2020
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The first known use of bluebonnet was in 1568
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