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Definition of Tree lupine
1. Noun. Evergreen shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having showy yellow or blue flowers; naturalized in Australia.
Group relationships: Genus Lupinus, Lupinus
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tree Lupine
Literary usage of Tree lupine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Class-book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology, and by Alphonso Wood (1869)
"A handsome species from the N. West Coast, 2 to 3f high, in gardens. Fis. purple.
\ 5 Ii. arbóreas L. tree lupine. Shrubby; fis. yellow, in whorls; ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"There are instances of varieties being met with having pure white flowers.
The species having a shrubby stem is the tree lupine (L. ..."
3. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"It has remarkably deep and spreading roots, and is best propagated by seed.
2.—LUPINUS ARBOREUS, Sim». THE TREE-LUPINE. ENGRAVINGS Bot. Mag. t. 682; Bot. ..."
4. Colour in the Flower Garden by Gertrude Jekyll (1908)
"Lupine Somerset is a desirable hybrid, not quite a true tree lupine, though it
has a half-woody growth. Its best colour is a clear, lively light yellow, ..."
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