LUPINE


Meaning of LUPINE in English

I. noun

also lu·pin ˈlü-pən

Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin lupinus, lupinum, from lupinus, adjective

Date: 14th century

: any of a genus ( Lupinus ) of leguminous herbs including some poisonous forms and others cultivated for their long showy racemes of usually blue, purple, white, or yellow flowers or for green manure, fodder, or their edible seeds ; also : an edible lupine seed

II. -ˌpīn adjective

Etymology: Latin lupinus, from lupus wolf — more at wolf

Date: 1660

: wolfish

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.