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orpine

or or·pin

[ awr-pin ]

noun

  1. a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.


orpine

/ ˈɔːpɪn; ˈɔːpaɪn /

noun

  1. a succulent perennial N temperate crassulaceous plant, Sedum telephium, with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers Also calledBritlivelongUSlive-forever
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of orpine1

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French, back formation from orpiment orpiment
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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.

Orpine for Quinsie in the throat, for which disease it is inferior to none.

Like the orpine, it was a veritable "live-long," or as the politicians say, "die-hard."

They set orpine in clay upon pieces of slate in their houses, under the name of a Midsummer man.

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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