orpine

or or·pin

[ awr-pin ]

/ ˈɔr pɪn /

noun

a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.

Origin of orpine

1350–1400; Middle English <Middle French, back formation from orpimentorpiment

Words nearby orpine

Orpheus and Eurydice, Orphic, Orphism, orphrey, orpiment, orpine, Orpington, Orr, orra, orrery, Orrin

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Example sentences from the Web for orpine

The Orpine was a flower linked with tradition and mystery in England, there were scores of fanciful notions connected with it.
Old-Time Gardens|Alice Morse Earle
Orpine for Quinsie in the throat, for which disease it is inferior to none.
Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony|George Francis Dow
They set the orpine in clay upon pieces of slate or potsherd in their houses, calling it a Midsummer man.
Folk-lore of Shakespeare|Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
Like the orpine, it was a veritable "live-long," or as the politicians say, "die-hard."
The Call of the Wildflower|Henry S. Salt

British Dictionary definitions for orpine

orpine

orpin (ˈɔːpɪn)

/ (ˈɔːpaɪn) /

noun

a succulent perennial N temperate crassulaceous plant, Sedum telephium, with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowersAlso called: (Brit) livelong, (US) live-forever

Word Origin for orpine

C14: from Old French, apparently from orpiment (perhaps referring to the yellow flowers of a related species)

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单词	orpine
释义	orpine or or·pin [ awr-pin ] / ˈɔr pɪn / noun a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers. Origin of orpine 1350–1400; Middle English <Middle French, back formation from orpimentorpiment Words nearby orpine Orpheus and Eurydice, Orphic, Orphism, orphrey, orpiment, orpine, Orpington, Orr, orra, orrery, Orrin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for orpine The Orpine was a flower linked with tradition and mystery in England, there were scores of fanciful notions connected with it. Old-Time Gardens\|Alice Morse Earle Orpine for Quinsie in the throat, for which disease it is inferior to none. Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony\|George Francis Dow They set the orpine in clay upon pieces of slate or potsherd in their houses, calling it a Midsummer man. Folk-lore of Shakespeare\|Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer Like the orpine, it was a veritable "live-long," or as the politicians say, "die-hard." The Call of the Wildflower\|Henry S. Salt British Dictionary definitions for orpine orpine orpin (ˈɔːpɪn) / (ˈɔːpaɪn) / noun a succulent perennial N temperate crassulaceous plant, Sedum telephium, with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowersAlso called: (Brit) livelong, (US) live-forever Word Origin for orpine C14: from Old French, apparently from orpiment (perhaps referring to the yellow flowers of a related species) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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