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LUPINUS PERENNIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lupinus perennis mean?
• LUPINUS PERENNIS (noun)
The noun LUPINUS PERENNIS has 1 sense:
1. stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers
Familiarity information: LUPINUS PERENNIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("Lupinus perennis" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("Lupinus perennis" is a member of...):
genus Lupinus; Lupinus (herbs or shrubs: lupin)
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