LUPINUS
\lˈuːpɪnəs], \lˈuːpɪnəs], \l_ˈuː_p_ɪ_n_ə_s]\
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Under this term the white lupin, Lupinus albus seu sativus, Ord. Leguminosae, is meant, in some pharmacopoeias. The seeds, which were much eaten in the days of Pliny and of Galen, are now neglected. The meal is, however, occasionally used as an anthelmintic, and as a cataplasm.
By Robley Dunglison
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