Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LU'PINE
LU'PINE, n. [Fr. lupin; L. lupinus.]
A kind of pulse. The genus Lupinus contains several species, mostly annual plants bearing digitate leaves, and papilionaceous flowers. The seeds of the white lupine have a leguminous taste, accompanied with a disagreeable bitterness, and are said to be anthelmintic. – Encyc.
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