LU'PINE, noun [Latin lupinus.] A kind of pulse. The genus Lupinus contains several species, mostly annual plants, bearing digitate leaves, and papilionaceous flowers. The seeds of the white lupine have a leguminous taste, accompanied with a disagreeable bitterness, and are said to be anthelmintic.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.