lupine
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈluː.paɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Hyphenation: lu‧pine
- Rhymes: -uːpaɪn
Adjective
[edit]lupine (comparative more lupine, superlative most lupine)
- Wolfish (all senses); wolflike.
- Ravenous.
- Synonyms: gluttonous, insatiable, rapacious; see also Thesaurus:voracious
Translations
[edit]wolf-like
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having the characteristics of a wolf
ravenous
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See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See lupin.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈluː.pɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]lupine (plural lupines)
- North American English form of lupin (any plant of the genus Lupinus; an edible legume seed of one of these plants).
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]lupin — see lupin
Further reading
[edit]Lupinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Lupinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Lupinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]lupīne
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