lupine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lupine	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for lupine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lupine adj of or relating to or characteristic of wolves n any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers Synonym(s): lupine, lupin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lupine \Lu"pine\, n. [L. lupinus, lupinum, apparently fr. lupinus belonging to a wolf, fr. lupus a wolf; perh. so called because it was supposed to exhaust the soil: cf. F. lupin. Cf. {Wolf}.] (Bot.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lupine \Lu"pine\, a. [See {Lupine}, n.] Wolfish; ravenous. --Gauden.