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Definition of Lupine
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of wolves.
2. 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 Lupine
1. n. A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, especially L. albus, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is L. perennis. There are many species in California.
2. a. Wolfish; ravenous.
Definition of Lupine
1. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to, the wolf. ¹
2. Adjective. Wolflike; wolfish. ¹
3. Adjective. Having the characteristics of a wolf. ¹
4. Adjective. Ravenous. ¹
5. Noun. Belonging to the genus ''Lupinus'' of leguminous herbs, some poisonous. ¹
6. Noun. An edible lupine seed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lupine
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lupine
1. Relating to, affecting, resembling or derived from a wolf. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lupine
Literary usage of Lupine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1901)
"The species of lupine are numerous, and are chiefly natives of the countries near
the Mediterranean Sea, and of the temperate parts of North and South ..."
2. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"lupine, the common name of a great number of beautiful plants, which are- either
annuals, perennial?, or in some instances of a sub- shrubby character, ..."
3. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"The structure corresponds with that of the yellow lupine, except as regards ...
The light line is narrow, as in the yellow lupine, but the outer end of the ..."
4. The Vegetable Alkaloids: With Particular Reference to Their Chemical by Amé Pictet (1904)
"THE lupine ALKALOIDS. THE seeds of the yellow lupine (Lupinus luteus L., family
of the Leguminosae) contain before or after their germination a large number ..."
5. New England: A Photographic Portrait by Twin Lights Publishers, J Dennis Robinson (2003)
"... While the New Hampshire state flower is the glorious purple lilac, its color
and beauty is challenged by the wild lupine, a member of the pea family. ..."
6. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"The species of lupine are numerous, and are chiefly natives of the countries near
the Mediterranean Sea, and of the temperate parts of North and South ..."
7. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1889)
"(4) On the development of Aleurone grains in the lupine ... It would appear
however from the study of development of these structures in species of lupine, ..."
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