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S0776300 (stōn′krŏp′)n.1. Any of various plants of the genus Sedum and other genera such as Hylotelephium that were formerly classified in Sedum, having fleshy leaves and variously colored flowers and frequently grown in rock gardens. Also called sedum.2. Any of various similar plants of the family Crassulaceae.

[Middle English, from Old English stāncropp : stān, stone; see stone + cropp, cluster, sprout.]

stonecrop

(ˈstəʊnˌkrɒp) n1. (Plants) any of various N temperate crassulaceous plants of the genus Sedum, having fleshy leaves and typically red, yellow, or white flowers2. (Plants) any of various similar or related plants[Old English: so named because it grows on rocks and walls]

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n. 1. any plant of the genus Sedum, esp. a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls. 2. any of various related plants. [before 1000]

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Noun

stonecrop - any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowersgenus Sedum - large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leavessedum - any of various plants of the genus SedumSedum acre, wall pepper - mossy European creeping sedum with yellow flowers; widely introduced as a ground cover

Translations

borracina rupestre

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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. Among the larger genera are the S African genus Crassula and the genus Sedum with many species native to the United States, most abundantly in the West and Southwest. Members of this family are popular garden, rock-garden, and cemetery plants, e.g., frogplant, live-forever, garden orpine, houseleek, hen-and-chickens, and gold moss. These common names are not consistent: in usage the same name is often applied to different species, and different names to a single botanical species. The family is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
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noun any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers

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