1. (loan) (noun) lupin, Lupinus spp. - a plant of the pea family with deeply divided leaves and tall, colourful, tapering spikes of flowers.
Ka mahi a Kereama rātou ko ngā taitamariki ki te tapahi i ngā taru rūpini e tipu ana i te taha o te moana o Taupō (HP 1991:319). / Graham and the teenagers set about cutting the lupins growing beside Lake Taupō.
Synonyms: rūpene
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