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    LUPIN

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    lupin; lupine

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("lupin" is a kind of...):

    ligneous plant; woody plant (a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "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)

    bluebonnet; buffalo clover; Lupinus subcarnosus; 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)

    Lupinus texensis; Texas bluebonnet (closely resembles Lupinus subcarnosus; southwestern United States (Texas))

    Holonyms ("lupin" is a member of...):

    genus Lupinus; Lupinus (herbs or shrubs: lupin)

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