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lupiini — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • lupin noun A tall garden plant with dense spikes of colourful flowers, in the pea family.

Senses

lupiini is used for these senses in English:

  • blue bonnet Any of several blue flowering plants, especially cornflower, Centaurea cyanus, and plants of the genus Scabiosa. [from 18th c.]
  • blue bonnet (especially, US) Any of several North American species of Lupinus common in the southwestern US, especially Lupinus texensis and Lupinus subcarnosus. [from 20th c.]
  • lupin Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.

lupin — full definition

  1. noun A tall garden plant with dense spikes of colourful flowers, in the pea family.
  2. noun The edible bean-like seed of certain lupin plants, eaten as a snack in some Mediterranean and Latin American countries.

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