| 单词 | texas bluebonnet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasTexas bluebonnet b. U.S. regional (Texas). Any of various blue-flowered lupins native to the southwestern United States; esp. (more fully Texas bluebonnet) either Lupinus texensis or L. subcarnosus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > pea flowers > lupins electreOE lupinec1420 flat-bean1597 fig-bean1657 tree lupine1882 blue bonnet1901 Russell1937 1901 Gen. Laws State Texas (Sess. 27th Legislature) 324 Lupinus subcarnosus (generally known as buffalo clover or blue bonnet) be and the same is hereby declared to be the State flower of Texas. 1923 J. Estill in Publications Texas Folklore Soc. 71 By this time blue-bonnets and ‘Osterblumen’..are out. 1928 National Geographic Mag. June 681 The bluebonnet rules a region more limited than do most State flowers. 1992 Times 6 Mar. 10/4 Mr. Bush spoke in Houston this week of the tears in his eyes when he came home to the sight of bluebonnet flowers in the fields. 2008 G. Clark Backroads of Texas Hill Country viii. 53 Texas bluebonnets are a common sight along roads and in pastures in the Hill Country from late March to early May. < as lemmas |
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