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词汇 lupin
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Definition of lupin in English:

lupin

(North American lupine)
nounˈluːpɪn
  • A plant of the pea family with deeply divided leaves and tall colourful tapering spikes of flowers.

    羽扇豆;羽扇豆属植物

    Genus Lupinus, family Leguminosae: several species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their curiosity got the better of them when they noticed that, unlike other crops, plants in the legume family - beans, peas, alfalfa, lupines, vetch - thrived even in nitrogen-deficient soils.
    • Items to be covered include options in crop sequences, wheat breeding directions, tramline farming, potential for durum wheats, lupins and various pests and their control.
    • Meanwhile, out on the patio, the sole survivor of the six lupins we planted last year has produced a splendid spear of pale pink blossom.
    • I want blooming roses, daisies, tritoma, canna, coreopsis, sweet william, lobelia, lupins, gypsophilia, pansies, and the like.
    • Some perennials are relatively short-lived; lupines and primroses, for example, may live for only 2 to 5 years, though the seed they drop often produces new plants.
    • Its perennial plants are complemented by azaleas, hydrangeas and lupins in pots.
    • It is recommended that gardeners use transplants rather than seeds for growing bluebonnets and other species of hybrid lupines in their gardens.
    • Enjoy lobelia, lupins and delphiniums while you can.
    • Blue lupins flowered in the olive groves; the fields had the earth-smell of new beginnings.
    • Finally the willow tree was heavily pruned and the Euonymus and three lupins were planted.
    • The classic perennial lupines, with flower spikes that tower above their foliage like colorful candles, just got better.
    • Then came perennial beds with roses, lilies, foxgloves, lupines, daisies, shrubs, and more.
    • Planted along with traditional peonies, irises and chrysanthemums, are lupines, veronicas and Canterbury bells, a contemporary feature rarely seen in Japanese gardens.
    • The first is that you have been strong-minded enough to cut back the early herbaceous plants such as oriental poppies, delphiniums, geraniums and lupins.
    • From the living room, family room, and my desk in the office, you look past the dwarf pine trees and lupines to the bay.
    • Other gardeners prefer to interplant them with spring flowers such as columbines, daisies, dianthus, Iceland poppies, lupines, and peonies.
    • The students planted their homegrown lupines on land managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service near the Concord airport, a protected area which was recently expanded by 400 acres.
    • Roses are beginning to bloom, delphiniums are tall and lupins dot the beds with their spikes of bright colour.
    • Around the barn a flagged terrace is encircled by cottage garden plants, such as delphiniums, rambling roses, geraniums, dianthus and lupins.
    • The slugs also preferred the leaves of lucerne, white clover and lupins, to the wheat plants.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin lupinus.

Rhymes

lupine
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