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lu·pine 1

also lu·pin  (lo͞o′pən)
n.
Any of numerous plants of the genus Lupinus of the pea family, having palmately compound leaves and colorful flowers grouped in spikes or racemes. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals and others for their edible seeds.
[Middle English, from Old French lupin, from Latin lupīnum, from neuter of lupīnus, wolflike; see lupine2.]

lu·pine 2

 (lo͞o′pīn′)
adj.
1. Characteristic of or resembling a wolf.
2. Rapacious; ravenous.
[French, from Latin lupīnus, from lupus, wolf; see wl̥kwo- in Indo-European roots.]
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lupin

(ˈluːpɪn) or

lupine

n
(Plants) any leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, of North America, Europe, and Africa, with large spikes of brightly coloured flowers and flattened pods
[C14: from Latin lupīnus wolfish (see lupine); from the belief that the plant ravenously exhausted the soil]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.lupin - any plant of the genus Lupinuslupin - any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers
lupine
genus Lupinus, Lupinus - herbs or shrubs: lupin
Egyptian lupine, field lupine, Lupinus albus, white lupine, wolf bean - white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control
Lupinus luteus, yellow lupine - yellow-flowered European lupine cultivated for forage
bluebonnet, buffalo clover, Lupinus subcarnosus, Texas bluebonnet - low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States
Lupinus texensis, Texas bluebonnet - closely resembles Lupinus subcarnosus; southwestern United States (Texas)
ligneous plant, woody plant - a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
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Translations

lupin

[ˈluːpɪn] N → altramuz m, lupino m
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lupin

[ˈluːpɪn] n → lupin m
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lupin

, (US) lupine
n → Lupine f
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lupin

lupine (Am) [ˈluːpɪn] n → lupino
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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Dropping down through the pungent pines, they passed woods-embowered cottages, quaint and rustic, of artists and writers, and went on across wind-blown rolling sandhills held to place by sturdy lupine and nodding with pale California poppies.
"It's beautiful," she acknowledged, with a grateful smile, "but--" She turned and pointed to their packs on the edge of the lupine. "We're on the tramp, and lookin' for government land."
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The keys to its early season attraction are the two varieties of sweet lupines, which provide deer with a high-protein, high-energy forage through the spring and fall.
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that chop and rot comes the flesh surf of the lupines.
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Valorex produces 100,000 tons per year of extruded products, for use mainly in animal feed, made from linseed, lupines, rapeseed, peas, hemp seed and field beans.
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This is when scientists first realized that pregnant cows that grazed on lupines ran a significantly higher risk of giving birth to calves affected by CCS.
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