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lupin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lupin has 1 sense
- lupin(n = noun.plant) lupine - any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers; Array is a member of genus lupinus, lupinus
has particulars: 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
is a kind of ligneous plant, woody plant
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lupin, n. (also lupine)
1 any plant of the genus Lupinus, with long tapering spikes of blue, purple, pink, white, or yellow flowers.
2 (in pl.) seeds of the lupin.
1 any plant of the genus Lupinus, with long tapering spikes of blue, purple, pink, white, or yellow flowers.
2 (in pl.) seeds of the lupin.
Etymology
ME f. L lupinus
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