Definition of "lupins" [lupins]

• Plural form of lupin. (noun)

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• "That was years ago, but I recently saw part of an episode that I’d never seen before, with Dennis Moore, who stole lupins from the rich and gave them to the poor, and it was so baffling I loved it!"
• "I find it a good plan to grow this subject amongst tall and early flowering plants, such as lupins, foxgloves, and lilies, the old stems of which form ample supports for the climber; moreover, they are rendered less unsightly from being thus furnished anew with leaf and flower, even though not their own."
• "This brought them to a little lawn, with tall, rank grass that might have been mown for hay, and some side-beds full of old fashioned flowers, such as lupins and monkshood, pinks and small pansies; a dreary little greenhouse, with a few empty flower-pots and a turned-up box was in one corner, and an attempt at a rockery, with a periwinkle climbing over it, and an undesirable number of oyster-shells."