any of a genus (Lupinus) of plants of the pea family, with palmately compound leaves, racemes of white, rose, yellow, or blue flowers, and pods containing beanlike seeds: used for forage, green manure, etc.
2.
the seed of the European lupine (Lupinus albus) used in some parts of Europe as food
Word origin
ME lupyne < L lupinus < lupus, wolf: reason for name uncert.
lupine in American English2
(ˈluˌpaɪn)
adjective
1.
of a wolf or wolves
2.
wolflike; fierce; ravenous
Word origin
L lupinus < lupus, wolf
Examples of 'lupine' in a sentence
lupine
The lupine eyes that are his trademark narrowed.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The end of the epic was out of sight but inevitable - a favoured lupine tactic is to slowly, methodically walk their prey to death.