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Meaning of ORPINE

Pronunciation:  'orpin

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers
 
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 Synonyms: live-forever, livelong, orpin, Sedum telephium
 
 See Also: genus Sedum, sedum

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Or"pine\, n. [F. orpin the genus of plants which
includes orpine; -- so called from the yellow blossoms of a
common species (Sedum acre). See {Orpiment}.] (Bot.)
A low plant with fleshy leaves ({Sedum telephium}), having
clusters of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places,
and on old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in
America. Called also {stonecrop}, and {live-forever}.
[Written also {orpin}.]
 

 

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