noun
Meaning 1
Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lupin
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈluːpɪn/
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noun
Meaning 2
A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lupini
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lupine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: woody plant, ligneous plant
Narrower terms: white lupine, field lupine, wolf bean, Egyptian lupine, Lupinus albus, yellow lupine, Lupinus luteus, bluebonnet, buffalo clover, Texas bluebonnet, Lupinus subcarnosus, Lupinus texensis
History
Etymology
From Middle English lupyne, lupine, from Old French lupin, from Latin lupīnus (“pertaining to the wolf”), because of the wolf-like “fang” within the blossom. It has also been linked to an assumed depletion of nutrients in the soil.
Across languages
Translations
59 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: лубін (lubin) — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Blackfoot: áísattsikohtako- — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Bulgarian: лупина (lupina) — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Catalan: llobí — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Catalan: tramús — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Czech: lupina — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Czech: vlčí bob — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Dutch: lupine — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Dutch: wolfsboon — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Esperanto: lupeno — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Finnish: lupiini — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- French: lupin — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Galician: chícharo bravo — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Galician: chícharo de raposo — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- German: Lupine — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Greek: λούπινο (loúpino) — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Ancient Greek: θερμός (thermós) — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Hungarian: csillagfürt — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Icelandic: úlfabaunir — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Irish: lúipín — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Italian: lupino — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Latin: lupinus — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Lithuanian: lubinas — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Māori: rūpini — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Norman: pais lupîn — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Norwegian Bokmål: lupin — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lupin — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Polish: łubin — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Portuguese: tremoço — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Romanian: lupin — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Russian: люпи́н (ljupín) — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Spanish: altramuz — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Spanish: chocho — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Spanish: lupino — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Spanish: tarwi — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Swedish: lupin — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Thai: ลูพิน (luu-pin) — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Turkish: termiye — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Turkish: domuz baklası — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Turkish: yaban baklası — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Turkish: acı bakla — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Ukrainian: люпи́н (ljupýn) — any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae
- Arabic: ترمس (turmus) — a lupine bean
- Dutch: wolfsboon — a lupine bean
- Finnish: lupiininsiemen — a lupine bean
- French: lupin — a lupine bean
- Galician: chícharo bravo — a lupine bean
- Galician: chícharo de raposo — a lupine bean
- German: Lupine — a lupine bean
- Italian: lupino — a lupine bean
- Ladino: atramúz — a lupine bean
- Ladino: tramús (Salonik) — a lupine bean
- Ladino: tramusu (Monastir) — a lupine bean
- Portuguese: tremoço — a lupine bean
- Spanish: altramuz — a lupine bean
- Turkish: termiye — a lupine bean
- Turkish: domuz baklası — a lupine bean
- Turkish: yaban baklası — a lupine bean
- Turkish: acı bakla — a lupine bean