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Lupine Common

Lupine has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers

2

North American English form of lupin (any plant of the genus Lupinus; an edible legume seed of one of these plants).

Adjective
1

of or relating to or characteristic of wolves

2

Of, or pertaining to, the wolf.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
woody plant
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
white lupine yellow lupine bluebonnet Texas bluebonnet

Origin

Borrowed from Latin lupīnus, from lupus ("wolf") + -īnus ("pertaining to"). Doublet of lupin and piecewise doublet of wolven, Latin lupus being a cognate of wolf and -ine being a doublet of -en.

Rhyming Words
ine sine vine line mine bine zine wine dine eine pine gine kine rine fine nine tine cine meine reine
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