About The Word Lupine
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Lupine
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What's The Definition Of Lupine?
[n] any plant of the genus Lupin; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers
[adj] of or relating to or characteristic of wolves Synonyms | Synonyms for Lupine: lupin Related Terms | Find terms related to Lupine: all-devouring | all-engulfing | bloodsucking | canine | doggy | extortionate | foxlike | foxy | grabby | grasping | parasitic | predacious | predatory | rapacious | raptorial | ravening | ravenous | sharkish | vulpine | vulturine | vulturous | wolfish See Also | bluebonnet | buffalo clover | Egyptian lupine | field lupine | genus Lupinus | ligneous plant | Lupinus | Lupinus albus | Lupinus luteus | Lupinus subcarnosus | Lupinus texensis | Texas bluebonnet | white lupine | wolf bean | woody plant | yellow lupine Lupine In Webster's Dictionary \Lu"pine\, n. [L. lupinus, lupinum, apparently fr.
lupinus belonging to a wolf, fr. lupus a wolf; perh. so
called because it was supposed to exhaust the soil: cf. F.
lupin. Cf. {Wolf}.] (Bot.)
A leguminous plant of the genus {Lupinus}, especially {L.
albus}, the seeds of which have been used for food from
ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United
States is {L. perennis}. There are many species in
California.
\Lu"pine\, a. [See {Lupine}, n.] Wolfish; ravenous. --Gauden. |
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