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[awr-pin] Pronunciation Key
[awr-pin] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers. |
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| or·pine
(ôr'pĭn) Pronunciation Key
n. Any of several succulent plants of the genus Sedum, especially the Eurasian species S. telephium, having clusters of reddish-purple flowers. Also called live-forever. [Middle English orpin, from Old French, from orpiment, orpiment; see orpiment.] |
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| orpine | |
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| perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers |
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Orpine
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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