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or⋅pine

[awr-pin]
–noun
a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
Also, orpin.


Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF, back formation from orpiment orpiment

live-for⋅ev⋅er

[liv-fer-ev-er]
–noun
a widely cultivated succulent plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having fleshy, coarsely toothed leaves and flat clusters of purplish flowers.
Also called orpine.


Origin:
1590–1600
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or·pine   (ôr'pĭn)   
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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