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noun

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.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin lupīnus, lupīnum, apparently noun use of lupīnus lupine²; compare German wolfsbohne lupine, literally, wolf bean

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adjective

pertaining to or resembling the wolf.

related to the wolf.

savage; ravenous; predatory.

Origin:
1650–60; < Latin lupīnus of a wolf, equivalent to lup(us) wolf + -īnus -ine¹

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lupin or (US) lupine (ˈluːpɪn)

—n
	any leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, of North America, Europe, and Africa, with large spikes of brightly coloured flowers and flattened pods

[C14: from Latin lupīnus wolfish (see lupine); from the belief that the plant ravenously exhausted the soil]

lupine or (US) lupine

—n

[C14: from Latin lupīnus wolfish (see lupine); from the belief that the plant ravenously exhausted the soil]

lupine (ˈluːpaɪn)

—*adj*
	of, relating to, or resembling a wolf

[C17: from Latin lupīnus, from lupus wolf]

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lupine

"wolf-like," 1650s, from Fr. lupine "wolf-like," from L. lupinus "of the wolf," from lupus "wolf" (see wolf). The plant name is attested from late 14c., from L. lupinus; but the reason for association with the animal is unclear; perhaps it was so called because of a belief

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that the plants were harmful to soil.

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