Synonyms for lupine


Grammar : Adj
Spell : loo-pin
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlu pɪn


Définition of lupine

Origin :
  • "wolf-like," 1650s, from French lupine "wolf-like," from Latin lupinus "of the wolf," from lupus "wolf" (see wolf (n.)).
  • adj wolflike
Example sentences :
  • He had, however, taught his wife how to treat him when in his lupine form.
  • Extract from : « Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore » by Charles Hardwick
  • Burton, this lupine, leering lover of blood—this killer of women.
  • Extract from : « The Red Debt » by Everett MacDonald
  • This had, for two or three days, disputed the ground with the lupine and phlox.
  • Extract from : « At Home And Abroad » by Margaret Fuller Ossoli
  • She was on her way, I suppose, to some wild garden, probably for lupine and starchy saxifrage leaves and rootstocks.
  • Extract from : « My First Summer in the Sierra » by John Muir
  • Lupine-seed, in plant-lore “lupine” means wolfish, and is suggestive of the Evil One.
  • Extract from : « The Browning Cyclopdia » by Edward Berdoe
  • Barley, which grows more rapidly than the lupine, was sown to protect the plants while very young.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits » by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
  • It is also fine for lattice work, or it may be grown where it can appropriate the dried stems of lupine and larkspurs.
  • Extract from : « Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers » by John Wood
  • Its likeness to loup may have given occasion to the fiction of their taking the lupine form.
  • Extract from : « The Fairy Mythology » by Thomas Keightley
  • Near the summit of the mound the path was lost in a foam of the blue, lilac, and white butterfly blossoms of the lupine.
  • Extract from : « Everyday Adventures » by Samuel Scoville
  • Beyond the lupine stood a rank of dazzling white turkey-beards, the xerophyllum of the botanists.
  • Extract from : « Everyday Adventures » by Samuel Scoville

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