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Meaning
noun any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers
originFrom 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0