WILD LUPINE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers

Synonyms:

Indian beet; Lupinus perennis; old-maid's bonnet; sundial lupine; wild lupine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("wild lupine" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("wild lupine" is a member of...):

genus Lupinus; Lupinus (herbs or shrubs: lupin)

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