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Definition of Lupin
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers.
Group relationships: Genus Lupinus, Lupinus
Specialized synonyms: Egyptian Lupine, Field Lupine, Lupinus Albus, White Lupine, Wolf Bean, Lupinus Luteus, Yellow Lupine, Bluebonnet, Buffalo Clover, Lupinus Subcarnosus, Texas Bluebonnet, Lupinus Texensis, Texas Bluebonnet
Generic synonyms: Ligneous Plant, Woody Plant
Definition of Lupin
1. Noun. The common name for members of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lupin
1. lupine [n -S] - See also: lupine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lupin
Literary usage of Lupin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"THE lupin is a leguminous plant little known in this country except as a garden
ornament. The yellow lupin (Lupi- nus luteus) and the blue lupin (lupinus ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"lupin further said, with much warmth, that the world was a different world to
him now,—it was a world worth living in. He lived with an object now, ..."
3. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"... of those kinds which seem to be more or less wild have peculiarities as to
their germination and growth, for instance, lupin and ..."
4. Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith (2001)
"That reminded me that I had forgotten to speak to lupin about the letter ...
I broached the subject to lupin in the evening, having first consulted Carrie. ..."
5. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1878)
"At length meeting in a manual of materia medica with the statement that injections
of decoction of lupin were capable of destroying thread worms without ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"In lupin sand, alone ... In lupin sand, with blue lupin ash 0'0826 In lupin sand,
with yellow lupin ash . ... from 6 to 7 Ibs. of the lupin sand, ..."
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