old-maid's bonnet

/oʊld ˌbɑnət/
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Definitions of old-maid's bonnet
  1. noun
    stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers
    synonyms: Indian beet, Lupinus perennis, sundial lupine, wild lupine
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    type of:
    subshrub, suffrutex
    low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
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