Definition of "lupine" []

• Any of numerous plants of the genus Lupinus in the pea family, having palmately compound leaves and variously colored flowers grouped in spikes or racemes. (noun)
• Characteristic of or resembling a wolf. (adjective)
• Rapacious; ravenous. (adjective)

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• "I couldn't see the wolves, nor was I expert enough in lupine vocalization to determine whether their yelps signaled a chase or something else."
• "Part of the charm of the lupine is the continual stir of its plumes to airs not suspected otherwhere."
• "The lupine is another of those interesting plants which go to sleep at night."