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tree lupine

American

noun

a shrubby, Californian tree, Lupinus arboreus, of the legume family, having hairy, finger-shaped leaflets and fragrant, sulphur-yellow flowers.

Etymology

Origin of tree lupine

First recorded in 1880–85

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