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orpine
or or·pin
[ awr-pin ]
noun
- a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.
orpine
/ ˈɔːpɪn; ˈɔːpaɪn /
noun
- a succulent perennial N temperate crassulaceous plant, Sedum telephium, with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers Also calledBritlivelongUSlive-forever
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of orpine1
C14: from Old French, apparently from orpiment (perhaps referring to the yellow flowers of a related species)
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Example Sentences
Our two species of native orpine, Sedum ternatum and S. telephioides, are never troublesome as weeds.
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Orpine for Quinsie in the throat, for which disease it is inferior to none.
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Like the orpine, it was a veritable "live-long," or as the politicians say, "die-hard."
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They set orpine in clay upon pieces of slate in their houses, under the name of a Midsummer man.
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The Orpine was a flower linked with tradition and mystery in England, there were scores of fanciful notions connected with it.
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