资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lupine \Lu"pine\, n. [L. lupinus, lupinum, apparently fr.
   lupinus belonging to a wolf, fr. lupus a wolf; perh. so
   called because it was supposed to exhaust the soil: cf. F.
   lupin. Cf. {Wolf}.] (Bot.)
   A leguminous plant of the genus {Lupinus}, especially {L.
   albus}, the seeds of which have been used for food from
   ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United
   States is {L. perennis}. There are many species in
   California.