'Lupine' definitions:

Definition of 'lupine'

adjective

Of or relating to or characteristic of wolves

noun

Any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers [syn: lupine, lupin]

From: GCIDE

Lupine \Lu"pine\, a. [See Lupine, n.] Wolfish; ravenous. --Gauden. [1913 Webster]

From: GCIDE

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 Lupinus albus, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is Lupinus perennis. There are many species in California. [1913 Webster]