[lu.pine] also lu.pin n [ME, fr. L lupinus, lupinum, fr. lupinus, adj.] (14c): any of a genus (Lupinus) of leguminous herbs including some poisonous forms and others cultivated for their long showy racemes of usu. blue, purple, white, or yellow flowers or for green manure, fodder, or their edible seeds; also: an edible lupine seed
[2]lu.pine adj [L lupinus, fr. lupus wolf--more at wolf] (1660): wolfish