lupin

lu·pine ¹ also lu·pin  (lpn)

n.

Any of numerous plants of the genus Lupinus in the pea family, having palmately compound leaves and variously colored flowers grouped in spikes or racemes.

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[Middle English, from Old French lupin, from Latin lupnum, from neuter of lupnus, wolflike; see lupine².]

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lu·pine ²  (lpn)

adj.

1. Characteristic of or resembling a wolf.

2. Rapacious; ravenous.

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[French, from Latin lupnus, from lupus, wolf; see wk^wo- in Indo-European roots.]

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lupin

Noun

a garden plant with large spikes of brightly coloured flowers and flattened pods [Latin lupinus wolfish; from the belief that it ravenously exhausted the soil]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

lupin - 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

Translations

lupin [ˈluːpɪn] n → altramuz m

lupin [ˈluːpɪn] n → lupin m

lupin [ˈluːpɪn] n → Lupine f

lupin [ˈluːpɪn] n → lupino