lupine
Legume family bloom
Lupine means relating to or resembling wolves: lupine howls echoed through the forest, a lupine grin.
The word carries connotations of predatory cunning or wild nature.
Separately, a lupine is a flowering plant with tall spikes of colorful blossoms, common in gardens and meadows.
Texas state wildflower
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- legumePod-producing plant family
- nitrogen-fixingConverting N₂ to ammonia
- perennialRecurring each year
annual · spike · inflorescence · herbaceous · alkaloid · toxicity · forage · pollinators
Flower on fruit tree
- petalBloom's colorful segment
- nectarFloral sugar water
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
- botanicalRelated to plants
floret · stamen · pistil · raceme · bloom · colorful · purple · blue
Resembling the maned cat
equine · simian · serpentine · porcine · ovine · murine · caprine · aquiline
bluebonnet
Texas state wildflower
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- legumePod-producing plant family
- nitrogen-fixingConverting N₂ to ammonia
perennial · annual · spike · inflorescence · herbaceous · alkaloid · toxicity · forage · pollinators · bees
blossom
Flower on fruit tree
- petalBloom's colorful segment
- nectarFloral sugar water
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
botanical · floret · stamen · pistil · raceme · bloom · colorful · purple · blue · pink
leonine
Resembling the maned cat
bovine · equine · simian · serpentine · porcine · ovine · murine · caprine · aquiline · ursine
pack
Group or compress
fur · den · territory · hunt · predator · carnivore · snarl · growl · prey · stalking
untamed
Not domesticated
beastly · animalistic · vicious · brutal · wild · fierce · ravenous · cunning · instinctual · primal
- flowersroses, flower, tulips, daisies, lilies
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- American PlantsAmerican elm, aster, azalea, bluebonnets, bluebonnet
- animal-likeapish, apelike, avian, beastly, birdlike
- cottage gardenroses, lavender, foxglove, hollyhock, delphinium
- hardy plantssedum, hellebore, juniper, daylily, snowdrops