lupine
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8.4
- noun
- /ˈluːpaɪn/
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lupino
- The child had picked flowers—lupine, foxglove, wild snapdragons—laid them in my arms and in a distance smoky with dusk.
Field flecked with field flecked purple with nightshade and lupine.
- Field flecked with field flecked purple with nightshade and lupine.
Examples
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In spring, swaths of yellow desert parsley and purple lupine decorate the hills.
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Her hair was brown, light brown, and over her ears was a fresh spray of blue lupine.
Fiction book (1994) -
We have wild lupine in California.
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Only a few sprigs of grass and lupine tried to root there.
Fiction book (1990) -
His analysis of its climate, soil data, and available nutrients suggested that native lupines would be good to consider for land cover.
Academic text (2010) -
Wild roses, wild carrot, and lupine bloom around.
Fiction book (1993) -
The golden yellow of arrowleaf balsamroot and the purple of lupine contrast intensely with the new grass.
Academic text (2002) -
Snow seeped into the earth and wildflowers appeared: first buttercups, then lupines, then roses.
Fiction book (1995) -
Nearby, they hunted, baked acorn bread, and enjoyed the lupine blooming on the hillside.
Blog text (5) -
Find a meadow covered in flowering purple lupines and settle in for a relaxing afternoon.
Synonyms
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8.5
A plant with tall spikes of bright purple or blue flowers
A group of herbs or shrubs that help make the soil richer
A plant that grows in eastern North America with leaves like a hand and groups of blue flowers
A wild plant with leaves like a hand and bright blue flowers that grows in sandy open soil
A strong, long-lived flowering plant with blue flowers that grows in eastern and central North America
A wild plant with bright blue flowers that is the state flower of Texas
A bush with bright yellow or blue flowers that stays green all year and often grows on coasts
A bush with bright yellow or blue flowers that stays green all year
A low plant with soft leaves and blue flowers that can poison livestock
A plant with white flowers grown to feed animals and stop soil erosion
A plant with white flowers grown to feed animals and stop soil from washing away
A plant with white flowers grown to feed animals and stop soil erosion
A plant with white flowers in the pea family that people grow for animal food and to stop soil erosion
A European plant with bright yellow flowers that farmers grow to feed animals
A yellow-flowered plant farmers grow for animal food and to improve soil
Compounds
A plant that lives for many years with tall spikes of yellow pea-like flowers
- Specialized
A bushy wild plant from the western United States with yellow, pea-shaped flowers that look like lupines
A plant with white flowers in the pea family that people grow for animal food and to stop soil erosion
- Specialized
A strong, long-lived flowering plant with blue flowers that grows in eastern and central North America
- US
A plant that grows in eastern North America with leaves like a hand and groups of blue flowers
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lupine for the flower comes from the Latin lupus 'wolf'. One old idea was that these plants 'used up' the soil like a wolf, so people gave the flower a 'wolf' name, and that image helps you remember that a lupine is a tall, colorful plant.