granny's bonnet

noun

Any of various flowering plants thought to resemble Victorian bonnets, especially a columbine (genus Aquilegia).

First used 20th c.
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Meanings

noungranny's bonnet (plural granny's bonnets)

plural granny's bonnets

  1. Any of various flowering plants thought to resemble Victorian bonnets, especially a columbine (genus Aquilegia).First known use 20th c.

    [G]oing up the O.s' path past the granny's bonnets to the front door, I'd enter this house of grey people washed with sweat and tears, and I'd feel the gentle flow of sunlight and morning drained away.

    1984, Janet Frame, An Angel at my Table, Virago, published 2024, page 222

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
common columbine
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