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WILD LUPINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wild lupine mean? 

WILD LUPINE (noun)
  The noun WILD LUPINE has 1 sense:

1. stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowersplay

  Familiarity information: WILD LUPINE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WILD LUPINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Indian beet; Lupinus perennis; old-maid's bonnet; sundial lupine; wild lupine

Hypernyms ("wild lupine" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("wild lupine" is a member of...):

genus Lupinus; Lupinus (herbs or shrubs: lupin)


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