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  • noun Plural form of lupin.

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Examples

  • That was years ago, but I recently saw part of an episode that Iā€™d never seen before, with Dennis Moore, who stole lupins from the rich and gave them to the poor, and it was so baffling I loved it!

    Josh Wolk's Pop Culture Club talks Monty Python: Do the shows still hold up? | EW.com 2009

  • I find it a good plan to grow this subject amongst tall and early flowering plants, such as lupins, foxgloves, and lilies, the old stems of which form ample supports for the climber; moreover, they are rendered less unsightly from being thus furnished anew with leaf and flower, even though not their own.

    Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. John Wood

  • This brought them to a little lawn, with tall, rank grass that might have been mown for hay, and some side-beds full of old fashioned flowers, such as lupins and monkshood, pinks and small pansies; a dreary little greenhouse, with a few empty flower-pots and a turned-up box was in one corner, and an attempt at a rockery, with a periwinkle climbing over it, and an undesirable number of oyster-shells.

    Not Like Other Girls Rosa Nouchette Carey 1874

  • However, as soyabean meal must be imported, home grown protein sources such as lupins have been considered as alternatives.

    ThePigSite - Global Pig Industry News Feeds 2010

  • Some bulbs are perfect for rejuvenating beds where annuals are running out of steam and perennials such as lupins and delphiniums have been and gone.

    icNewcastle 2009

  • The way was lined with flowers -- wild lilac, wild roses, poppies, and lupins.

    FOUR HORSES AND A SAILOR 2010

  • Jonathan Grey was baffled by the wrapping on a Co-op cake: "Prepared in an area that handles the following ingredients: celery, crustaceans, fish, lupins."

    Simon Hoggart's week: Little boasting, much misery ā€“ and too much detail 2011

  • They walked up and down by the seaside eating lupins, the little legumes that Mediterraneans serve with salt as appetizers or cheap street food.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • They walked up and down by the seaside eating lupins, the little legumes that Mediterraneans serve with salt as appetizers or cheap street food.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • Tall purple and pink lupins waved like some Disney cartoon animation; I half expected the flowers to sing.

    Holly Robinson: Is the Grass Greener in Canada? 2010

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  • As in "Your lupins, or your life!"

    October 15, 2007