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orpine
(encz) | orpine, n: |
orpine
(gcide) | orpine \or"pine\, n. [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.]
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orpine
(wn) | orpine
n 1: perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and
heads of small purplish-white flowers [syn: orpine,
orpin, livelong, live-forever, Sedum telephium] |
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orpine
(encz) | orpine, n: |
Forpine
(gcide) | Forpine \For*pine"\, v. t.
To waste away completely by suffering or torment. [Archaic]
"Pale as a forpined ghost." --Chaucer.
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orpine
(gcide) | orpine \or"pine\, n. [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.]
[1913 Webster] |
orpine
(wn) | orpine
n 1: perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and
heads of small purplish-white flowers [syn: orpine,
orpin, livelong, live-forever, Sedum telephium] |
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