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- noun (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.
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- noun organic chemistry A
bitter alkaloid present in Lupinus.
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lupin + -ine
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