The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LUPINE
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More clues leading to the result LUPINE
- Raised in family like some wild animal
- Originally living under tree, like a wolf
- Like a wolf that bears flowers with the end to seduce
- Marshal, on horseback, going west like a wild animal
- Like a wolf bearing a flower on top
- Work to keep winning like Wolves
- As Wolves are promoted, business rakes it in
- Like a wild animal at university, interrupting row
- Beastly bloomer needs earth
- Unconventional line-up, like Wolves
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The straight part
We know that "like some wild animal" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case like some wild animal = lupine.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LUPINE mean?
LUPINE noun- Any member of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.
- A lupin bean, a yellow legume seed of a Lupinus plant (usually Lupinus luteus), used as feed for sheep and cattle and commonly eaten in the Mediterranean area and in Latin America although toxic if prepared improperly.
- Of, or pertaining to, the wolf.
- Wolflike; wolfish.
- Having the characteristics of a wolf.
- Ravenous.