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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.
Definition 2024
orpine
orpine
English
Alternative forms
- orpin [14th-18th c.]
Noun
orpine (plural orpines)
- Any of several temperate succulent plants, of the family Crassulaceae, that have clusters of purple flowers.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 207:
- Common Orpine rises up with diverse round, brittle stalks, thick set with fat and fleshy leaves without any order, and little or nothing dented about the edges; of a pale green colour.
- 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 207:
Synonyms
- (succulent Sedum): livelong