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Webster 1913 Edition


Stonecrop

Stone′cropˊ

,
Noun.
[AS.
stāncropp
.]
1.
A sort of tree.
[Obs.]
Mortimer.
2.
(Bot.)
Any low succulent plant of the genus
Sedum
, esp.
Sedum acre
, which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and is spreading in parts of America. See
Orpine
.
Virginian stonecrop
, or
Ditch stonecrop
,
an American plant (
Penthorum sedoides
).