Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Characteristic of or resembling a wolf.
- adjective Rapacious; ravenous.
- noun Any of numerous plants of the genus Lupinus of the pea family, having palmately compound leaves and colorful flowers grouped in spikes or racemes. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals and others for their edible seeds.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, from Latin lupīnus, from lupus, wolf; see wl̥kwo- in Indo-European roots.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, from Old French lupin, from Latin lupīnum, from neuter of lupīnus, wolflike; see lupine.]
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