English

lupeol

From lup(in) + -e- + -ol

Formed from lupin + -e- + -ol

Latin lupus ‘wolf’

Latin lupīnus ‘pertaining to the wolf’

Old French lupin

Middle English lupyne

English lupin

Today it means

noun A pharmacologically active triterpenoid found in a variety of plants.

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