lupinus albus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Lupinus albus
    n 1: white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage
         and erosion control [syn: {white lupine}, {field lupine},
         {wolf bean}, {Egyptian lupine}, {Lupinus albus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 | \ / \ / \/ \/
         --[MI11]
         [PJC]