[loo-pin] 
| any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine), of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers. |
[loo-pahyn] | 1. | pertaining to or resembling the wolf. |
| 2. | related to the wolf. |
| 3. | savage; ravenous; predatory. |
| lu·pine 1 also lu·pin (lōō'pən) 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. [Middle English, from Old French lupin, from Latin lupīnum, from neuter of lupīnus, wolflike; see lupine2.] |
| lu·pine 2 (lōō'pīn') adj.
[French, from Latin lupīnus, from lupus, wolf; see w  kwo- in Indo-European roots.] |
