Lupine

Word LUPINE
Character 6
Hyphenation lu pine
Pronunciations /ˈluː.paɪn/

Definitions and meanings of "Lupine"

What do we mean by lupine?

Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.

A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Lupine

The word "lupine" in example sentences

I couldn't see the wolves, nor was I expert enough in lupine vocalization to determine whether their yelps signaled a chase or something else. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Part of the charm of the lupine is the continual stir of its plumes to airs not suspected otherwhere. ❋ Unknown (1903)

The lupine is another of those interesting plants which go to sleep at night. ❋ Neltje Blanchan (1891)

When older wolves can no longer hunt successfully, younger wolves share their kill with them, in what MacNulty describes as a lupine version of Social Security. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It was made of barley; certain herbs, such as lupine and skirret, were used as substitutes for hops. ❋ Unknown (1884)

_ "In plant-lore 'lupine' means wolfish, and is suggestive of the Evil One." ❋ Robert Browning (1850)

Either way, start with an appetizer that's rare in restaurants: salty, fried lupine beans. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Mom wrote about choosing lupine flowers for her blog's background over the pink breast cancer ribbon theme expected of her. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Plant native flowers that attract butterflies, such as asters, hollyhocks, lupine and milkweed. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Right now we are drenched in orange and blue, the color simply licking at your eyeballs, as the pastures explode with purple lupine and California poppies. ❋ Heather McDougal (2009)

There's "character development" to break up the lupine action, though, as plane-crash survivors cope with their Alaskan version of Deliverance. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Wise Blood was more or less completed before the diagnosis, and her subsequent writing obviously was cut from the same pre-lupine bolt of obsessions. ❋ Joseph O'Neil (2009)

And what of the one butterfly that lives only on wild lupine that tons of gardeners in the Upper Midwest intentionally plant (and cultivate, etc.) in their gardens? ❋ Lyda222 (2009)

Macgregor is the stranger come to town, the precipitating event, a lupine bounty hunter who instantly takes over and orders people around in an attempt to prevent what only he knows is going to happen. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Fifty-seven years later, he enthusiastically recites his first lines, with appropriate lupine ferocity. ❋ David Montgomery (2011)

Big Sur, one of my favorite places to visit, is largely attractive to me because of the varied carpet of plants which grow on the roadside: sage brush, Indian paintbrush, yellow lupine, yarrow, iceplant reddened by salt, and any number of others which I can't name but which add to the mixture in rich but imperceptible ways. ❋ Heather McDougal (2009)

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