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lupin
- /ˈluːpɪn/
Rhymes with -uːpɪn
Where it comes from
From Middle English lupyne, lupine, from Old French lupin, from Latin lupīnus (“pertaining to the wolf”), because of the wolf-like “fang” within the blossom. It has also been linked to an assumed depletion of nutrients in the soil.
noun lupins · lupine · lupini
- Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. Amongst the herbs to be administered when the charm was sung over him were a yew-berry, lupin, helenium, marsh mallow, dock, elder, wormwood and strawberry leaves.
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A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly.
Lupins contain less than 3% starch (Evans, 1994), the main fermentable carbohydrate involved in rumen acidosis when cereal grains are fed to ruminants. For this reason lupins have generally been regarded as a completely safe feed for sheep and cattle, and required no gradual introduction (Rowe, 1995
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Talk about this word "lupin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lupin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lupin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lupin "lupin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lupin.Cite this
@misc{lupin_2026,
title = {lupin},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lupin},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
