Definitions for lupine

lupine lu·pine

Spelling: [loo-pin]
IPA: /ˈlu pɪn/

Lupine is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in lupine (eilnpu).

Definitions for lupine

noun

  1. 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.

adjective

  1. pertaining to or resembling the wolf.
  2. related to the wolf.
  3. savage; ravenous; predatory.

Origin of lupine

1350-1400; Middle English Latin lupīnus, lupīnum, apparently noun use of lupīnus lupine2; compare German wolfsbohne lupine, literally, wolf bean

Examples for lupine

Burton, this lupine, leering lover of blood—this killer of women.

lupine-seed, in plant-lore “lupine” means wolfish, and is suggestive of the Evil One.

This had, for two or three days, disputed the ground with the lupine and phlox.

It is also fine for lattice work, or it may be grown where it can appropriate the dried stems of lupine and larkspurs.

America is at war with lupine rebels, because the country is rich in uranium.

She was on her way, I suppose, to some wild garden, probably for lupine and starchy saxifrage leaves and rootstocks.

Barley, which grows more rapidly than the lupine, was sown to protect the plants while very young.

Akysonov has a gang of fascistic ultras known as the lupine Hordes, which are intent on invading Moscow and restoring Holy Russia.

Its likeness to loup may have given occasion to the fiction of their taking the lupine form.

He had, however, taught his wife how to treat him when in his lupine form.

Word Value for lupine
Scrable

8

Words with friends

12

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