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lupine 音标拼音: [l'up,ɑɪn] a. 狼的,凶猛的 狼的,凶猛的 lupine adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of wolves n 1: any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers [synonym: {lupine}, {lupin}] Lupine \Lu"pine\, n. [L. lupinus, lupinum, apparently fr. lupinus belonging to a wolf, fr. lupus a wolf; perh. so called because it was supposed to exhaust the soil: cf. F. lupin. Cf. {Wolf}.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus {Lupinus}, especially {Lupinus albus}, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is {Lupinus perennis}. There are many species in California. [1913 Webster] Lupine \Lu"pine\, a. [See {Lupine}, n.] Wolfish; ravenous. --Gauden. [1913 Webster] 22 Moby Thesaurus words for "lupine":
all-devouring, all-engulfing, bloodsucking, canine, doggy, extortionate, foxlike, foxy, grabby, grasping, parasitic, predacious, predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, ravenous, sharkish, vulpine, vulturine, vulturous, wolfish
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