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Webster 1913 Edition


orpine

or′pine

,
Noun.
[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
.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Orpine

OR'PINE

,
Noun.
A plant of the genus Sedum, lesser houseleek or live-long. The bastard orpine is of the genus Andrachine; the lesser orpine of the genus Crassula.