Found 2 items, similar to Lupinus albus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Lupinus albus
Lupinus albus
n : white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage
and erosion control [syn:
white lupine,
field lupine,
wolf bean,
Egyptian lupine]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Lupinus albus
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]
Lupinine
\Lu"pin*ine\, n. (Chem.)
An alkaloid found in several species of lupine (
Lupinus luteus
,
Lupinus albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter
crystalline substance, having a formula
C10H19NO. Called
also l-lupinine
[1913 Webster]
Note: Chemically it is a a bicyclic saturated quinolizine
[1-R-trans]-Octahydro-2H-quinolizine-1-methanol, with
the structure:
CH2OH | /
\ H /\ /
\|/ \ | | | | N |
\ / \ /
\/ \/
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[PJC]