any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers
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of or relating to or characteristic of wolves
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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 {Lupinus albus}, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is {Lupinus perennis}. There are many species in California.
Lupine \Lu"pine\, a. [See {Lupine}, n.] Wolfish; ravenous. --Gauden.