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LUPINUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
genus Lupinus; Lupinus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lupinus" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Lupinus"):
lupin; lupine (any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers)
Lupinus arboreus; tree lupine (evergreen shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having showy yellow or blue flowers; naturalized in Australia)
Indian beet; Lupinus perennis; old-maid's bonnet; sundial lupine; wild lupine (stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers)
Holonyms ("Lupinus" is a member of...):
Papilionoideae; subfamily Papilionoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Papilionaceae)