(n.) A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, especially L. albus, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is L. perennis. There are many species in California.
(n.) Wolfish; ravenous.
Example Sentences:
(1) Yellow lupin nodule specific sequences were selected by screening of cDNA library prepared from lupin nodule poly(A)+RNA.
(2) Nitrogen retention in lambs fed raw, dehulled lupins was equal (P greater than .10) to that of lambs fed SBM.
(3) Antibodies for EF-1 from yellow lupine have been obtained in rabbits; antibodies for wheat EF-1 were elicited in mice.
(4) In another experiment the effect of cooking-extrusion on lupine flour (L. albus) was investigated and the chemical composition, protein efficiency ratio, methionine supplementation and digestibility of the protein were measured.
(5) Energy retention was depressed (P less than 0.05) with the three lupin-seed meals and the meat-and-bone meal.
(6) The structure of the CO complex of lupin leghemoglobin II in solution is compared with the X-ray crystal structure of the cyanide complex by comparison of observed and calculated ring current shifts.
(7) Hungry delphiniums, water-loving astilbe and drought-tolerant lupins would all be muddled together, with the thirstiest plants dictating the watering regime.
(8) The comparative study of different methods for the purification of bean yellow mosaic virus isolated from lupine has been made.
(9) In Experiment 2 raw and extruded lupins were fed at 10, 15, 20, and 25% of the diet for 16 wk.
(10) It showed the maximum sequence homology (24%) with lupin leghaemoglobin (Lb).
(11) From the partial sequence of lupin tRNA(Gln) we suggest that it will have readthrough properties.
(12) Leghaemoglobins were extracted from the root nodules of lupin (Lupinus luteus L.) and serradella (Ornithopus sativus Brot.)
(13) pGS5 was sequenced (1043 bp) and computer-assisted homology searching revealed a high degree of conservation between this lupin partial cDNA clone and other plant glutamine synthetases at both the amino acid (greater than 90%) and nucleotide (greater than 80%) level.
(14) Dehulled lupins commercially roasted at low, moderate, and high temperatures resulted in ruminal in situ N disappearances of 59, 47, and 43% for the respective temperatures.
(15) Moreover, the time of the LH peak was advanced by both lupin supplementation and GnRH treatment.
(16) The largest level of glycogen was detected in bacteroid forms from lupine nodules and especially those of the pea after inoculation with ineffective strains: in comparison with the bacteroids from nodules of effective bean-Rhizobium symbiosis, it was 2.5--3.0 times as high.
(17) Extraction of germinating-lupin cocyledons, followed by ion-exchange and gel chromatography, gave two alpha-L-arabinofuranosidases and three beta-D-galactopyranosidases.
(18) Merino wether weaners were exposed to toxic lupin stubbles for periods of one, two and six to nine weeks, and the effect on their liver copper, selenium and zinc concentrations studied.
(19) In the case of lupine and soybean 43 nucleotides upstream of 5S rRNA gene exhibits 100% of homology.
(20) Supplementation with lupin grain significantly increased ovulation rate by 37% by increasing the proportion of ewes with two ovulations.
Wolfish
Definition:
(a.) Like a wolf; having the qualities or form of a wolf; as, a wolfish visage; wolfish designs.
Example Sentences:
(1) He paused and flashed that wolfish grin I'd seen before.
(2) In every role, her wide-set eyes and wolfish mouth seem to shift, and a brand new character appears on screen.
(3) When the terrifying, wolfish smile comes, the face looks as if has been forced open by a hammer and chisel.
(4) He has also been thrown to the wolfish public accounts committee – where MPs and those diehards tuning in saw the very public disintegration of his relationship with former director general Mark Thompson as they publicly disagreed (and traded glares) over who should shoulder responsibility for the extent of payoffs to departing BBC executives such as former deputy DG Mark Byford.
(5) Especially over the course of the last 10 years, the word "martyr" has been utterly degraded by the wolfish image of Mohammed Atta : a cold and loveless zombie – a suicide murderer – who took as many innocents with him as he could manage.
(6) "Oh," he chuckles softly, shooting a wolfishly mischievous glance.