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Definition of Field lupine
1. Noun. White-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control.
Exact synonyms: Egyptian Lupine, Lupinus Albus, White Lupine, Wolf Bean
Generic synonyms: Lupin, Lupine
Generic synonyms: Lupin, Lupine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Lupine
Literary usage of Field lupine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shakspeare's tragedy of King Lear, with notes, adapted for schools and for by William Shakespeare (1865)
"... ie Lupin gatherer (tirer, to gather), a name given in France, in the fourteenth
century, to a sort of wanderers that lived upon field lupine. ..."