Any of several blue flowering plants, especially cornflower, Centaurea cyanus, and plants of the genus Scabiosa.
A blue Australian parrot, especially Northiella haematogaster.
A traditional flat Scottish hat made of blue wool; a blue tam-o'-shanter.
Someone who wears such a hat; a Scotsman, especially a Scottish soldier.
Any of several North American species of Lupinus common in the southwestern US, especially Lupinus texensis and Lupinus subcarnosus.
A flowering plant in the genus Scabiosa.
The pincushionplant, a flowering plant in the genus Navarretia.
A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.
A flowering plant in the genus Leucospermum.
The dustymaiden, a flowering plant in the genus Chaenactis.
A person who is pricked or stabbed multiple times with sharp objects; specifically, someone who receives regular hypodermic needle injections.
The coral bead plant, coral moss, or English baby tears (Nertera granadensis), an ornamental plant.
The pincushion cactus, of the genera Escobaria or Mammillaria.
To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.
To assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards.