lupine

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See also: Lupine and łupinę

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Etymology 1

taxidermy wolf (Canis lupus lupus) in a lupine pose

Borrowed from Latin lupīnus, from lupus (“wolf”). Doublet of lupin and piecewise doublet of wolven, Latin lupus being a cognate of wolf and -ine being a doublet of -en.

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Adjective

lupine (comparative more lupine, superlative most lupine)

  1. Of, or pertaining to, the wolf.
  2. Wolflike; wolfish.
  3. Having the characteristics of a wolf.
  4. Ravenous.
    Synonyms: gluttonous, insatiable, rapacious; see also Thesaurus:voracious
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Etymology 2

See lupin.

Pronunciation

Noun

a lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus)

lupine (plural lupines)

  1. North American English form of lupin (any plant of the genus Lupinus; an edible legume seed of one of these plants).
Translations
lupin — see lupin

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Latin

Noun

lupīne

  1. vocative singular of lupīnus
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