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LUPINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers
Synonyms:
lupin; lupine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lupine" is a kind of...):
ligneous plant; woody plant (a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lupine"):
Egyptian lupine; field lupine; Lupinus albus; white lupine; wolf bean (white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control)
Lupinus luteus; yellow lupine (yellow-flowered European lupine cultivated for forage)
bluebonnet; buffalo clover; Lupinus subcarnosus; Texas bluebonnet (low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States)
Lupinus texensis; Texas bluebonnet (closely resembles Lupinus subcarnosus; southwestern United States (Texas))
Holonyms ("lupine" is a member of...):
genus Lupinus; Lupinus (herbs or shrubs: lupin)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characteristic of wolves
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
wolf (any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs)
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