Definition of lupin Lupin
/luˈpʌn/ - [lupun] - lu•pin
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| lupin - any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers | ||
| lupine | ||
| ligneous plant, woody plant a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems | ||
| genus lupinus, lupinus herbs or shrubs: lupin | ||
| 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 | ||
| lupinus subcarnosus, bluebonnet, buffalo clover, 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 | ||
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- lupin (Noun)
The common name for members of the genus in the family Fabaceae.
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lupin
The common name for members of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.
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Lupin, often spelled lupine in North America, is the common name for members of the genus "Lupinus" in the family Fabaceae.
The genus includes between 150-200 species, and has a wide distribution in the Mediterranean region - Subgen. "Lupinus", and the Americas - Subgen. "Platycarpos "(Wats.) Kurl.
The species are mostly herbaceous perennial plants 0.3-1.5 m tall, but some are annual plants and a few are shrubs up to 3 m tall, with one, Lupinus jaimehintoniana, a tree 8 m high with a trunk 20 cm in diameter, from the Mexican state of Oaxaca. They have a characteristic and easily recognised leaf shape, with soft green to grey-green or silvery leaves with the blades usually palmately divided into 5–17 leaflets or reduced to a single leaflet in a few species of the southeastern United States; in many species, the leaves are hairy with silvery hairs, often densely so. The flowers are produced in dense or open whorls on an erect spike, each flower 1-2 cm long, with a typical peaflower shape with an upper 'standard', two lateral 'wings' and two lower petals fused as a 'keel'. The fruit is a pod containing several seeds.
Lupins as an introduced pest.
In New Zealand lupins have escaped into the wild and grow in large numbers along main roads and streams in South Island. The seeds are carried by car tires and water flow, and unfortunately, some tourist shops in the major tourist areas have been reported to have sold packets of lupin seeds to tourists, with the instructions to plant, w
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🔤- lupin, noun, singular of lupins.
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