noun
stout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers
• Syn: ↑sundial lupine, ↑Indian beet, ↑old-maid's bonnet, ↑Lupinus perennis
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lupinus, ↑genus Lupinus
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noun : an erect herb (Lupinus perennis) of eastern and central No. America with palmately compound leaves and showy racemose blue flowers — called also Indian beet, old-maid's-bonnet
Useful english dictionary. 2012.