LUPINES

Noun

lupines

plural of lupine

Anagrams

• Lupiens, line ups, line-ups, lines up, lineups, pinules, spinule, unpiles, up lines, up-lines, uplines

Source: Wiktionary


LUPINE

Lu"pine, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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. Etym: [See Lupine, n.]

Definition: Wolfish; ravenous. Gauden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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