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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 flowers
Familiarity information: WILD LUPINE 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 ("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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