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orpineenUK
or·pine O0126900 (ôr′pĭn)n. Any of various succulent plants of the family Crassulaceae, especially the Eurasian species Hylotelephium telephium syn. Sedum telephium, having clusters of reddish-purple flowers. Also called live-forever.
[Middle English orpin, from Old French, from orpiment, orpiment; see orpiment.]orpine (ˈɔːpaɪn) or orpinn (Plants) a succulent perennial N temperate crassulaceous plant, Sedum telephium, with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers. Also called: livelong (Brit) or live-forever (US)[C14: from Old French, apparently from orpiment (perhaps referring to the yellow flowers of a related species)]or•pine (ˈɔr pɪn)
n. a succulent plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having toothed fleshy leaves and purple flowers. [1300–50; Middle English orpin < Anglo-French, Old French: orpine, orpiment yellow mineral used as a pigment] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  orpine - perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowerslive-forever, livelong, orpin, Sedum telephiumgenus Sedum - large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leavessedum - any of various plants of the genus Sedum |
orpineenUK
orpine (ôr`pĭn): see stonecropstonecrop,
common name for members of the Crassulaceae (also called orpine, or hen-and-chickens, family), a family of succulent, fleshy herbs and shrubs mostly inhabiting arid regions in many parts of the world.
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Synonyms for orpinenoun perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowersSynonyms- live-forever
- livelong
- orpin
- Sedum telephium
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