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[syn: yellow lupine, Lupinus luteus]
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Lupinus luteus
n 1: yellow-flowered European lupine cultivated for forage [syn:
yellow lupine, Lupinus luteus]