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- [loo-pin]
- /ˈlu pɪn/
- /ˈluː.pɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [loo-pin]
- /ˈlu pɪn/
Definitions of lupine word
- noun lupine any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers. 1
- adjective lupine pertaining to or resembling the wolf. 1
- adjective lupine related to the wolf. 1
- adjective lupine savage; ravenous; predatory. 1
- noun lupine A plant of the pea family, with deeply divided leaves and tall, colorful, tapering spikes of flowers. 1
- adjective lupine relating to wolves 1
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Origin of lupine
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin lupīnus, lupīnum, apparently noun use of lupīnus lupine2; compare German wolfsbohne lupine, literally, wolf bean
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Parts of speech for Lupine
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lupine popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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adj lupine
- plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
- fierce — menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
- rapacious — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- ravenous — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- wolfish — resembling a wolf, as in form or characteristics.
adjective lupine
- wolflike — any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
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