Meaning Of The Word Orpine

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orpine in American English
any of various plants (esp. genus Sedum) of the orpine family, with fleshy leaves and stems, and white, yellow, or purple flowers
designating a family (Crassulaceae, order Rosales) of succulent, dicotyledonous plants, including the sempervivums and sedums
noun: a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers

orpine in British English
noun: a succulent perennial N temperate crassulaceous plant, Sedum telephium, with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers

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