# lupin
## English
### Alternative forms

* lupine (Canada, US)
* lupini

### Etymology

From Middle English lupyne, lupine, from Old French lupin, from Latin lupīnus (“pertaining to the wolf”), because of the wolf-like “fang” within the blossom. It has also been linked to an assumed depletion of nutrients in the soil.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈluːpɪn/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːpɪn
* Audio (UK):(file)

### Noun

lupin (plural lupins)
* Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.
** 1991, R. F. Keeler, Handbook of Natural Toxins: Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 371:Lupins had been introduced into German agriculture in 1841 and had rapidly become a popular and useful feed for sheep as well as being used as a green manure plant for increasing soil fertility in poor-quality, sandy soils.
* A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly.
    Synonym: lupini
** 1998, Tam Garland, A. Catherine Barr, Toxic Plants and Other Natural Toxicants, CABI, →ISBN, page 143:Lupins contain less than 3% starch (Evans, 1994), the main fermentable carbohydrate involved in rumen acidosis when cereal grains are fed to ruminants. For this reason lupins have generally been regarded as a completely safe feed for sheep and cattle, and required no gradual introduction (Rowe, 1995).
** 2010, Ken Albala, Rosanna Nafziger Henderson, The Lost Art of Real Cooking: Rediscovering the Pleasures of Traditional Food One Recipe at a Time, Penguin, →ISBN:Lupins, although a bean, are similar to olives aesthetically, and are equally good with breakfast. The trick is first to soak them overnight until rehydrated, then boil them for a few hours like any bean. They will not soften. Then soak them again, changing the water every day for several weeks until the bitterness is gone.

#### Derived terms

* tree lupin

#### Descendants

* → Thai: ลูพิน (luu-pin)

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Tony Winch (2007) Growing Food: A Guide to Food Production, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 278: “The name “lupin” comes from the Latin word for wolf, in the mistaken belief that the plants depleted or “wolfed” nutrients from the soil.”

### Further reading

* Lupinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* lupin bean on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Lupinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lupinus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ly.pɛ̃/

### Adjective

lupin (feminine lupine, masculine plural lupins, feminine plural lupines)
* lupine

### Noun

lupin m (plural lupins)
* lupin

### Related terms

* loup

### Further reading

* “lupin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin lupinus.

### Noun

lupin m (definite singular lupinen, indefinite plural lupiner, definite plural lupinene)
* a lupin, or lupine (US)

### References

* “lupin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin lupinus.

### Noun

lupin m (definite singular lupinen, indefinite plural lupinar, definite plural lupinane)
* a lupin, or lupine (US)

### References

* “lupin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.