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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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