lupulin

Definitions


[ˈluːpjʊlɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a bitter yellowish powder found on glandular hairs beneath the scales of the flowers of the female hop plant


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Origin:
early 19th century: from the modern Latin use as an epithet of Latin lupulus (as in Humulus lupulus), a plant mentioned by Pliny and perhaps denoting ‘wild hops’, + -in




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