yellow lupine
- noun
- UK
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lupino amarillo
- The farmer planted yellow lupine as a nutrient-rich crop for his livestock.
Examples
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Farmers often grow yellow lupines for their livestock.
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Researchers are studying how yellow lupine improves soil fertility in European agriculture.
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Many gardens feature yellow lupine for its bright and attractive flowers.
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The yellow lupine blooms beautifully in spring.
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Many gardens feature yellow lupine for its bright and attractive flowers.
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The farmer planted yellow lupine as a nutrient-rich crop for his livestock.
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Farmers often grow yellow lupine to improve soil health in their fields.
Synonyms
A yellow-flowered plant farmers grow for animal food and to improve soil
How Common
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward color + noun composition: 'yellow' (a color) modifying 'lupine' (a plant), so it denotes a lupine that is yellow. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows normal English adjective + noun rules, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand the meaning.
Etymology
Yellow lupine gets its name from its bright yellow flowers and from lupine, a word that may come from the Latin 'lupus' meaning 'wolf' because people long ago thought the plant 'ate' the soil. That's why yellow lupine became a name for a yellow flower that farmers grow as 'animal feed' and to improve the soil.