live-forever

American  

[liv-fer-ev-er] / ˈlɪv fərˌɛv ər /

noun

1. a widely cultivated succulent plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having fleshy, coarsely toothed leaves and flat clusters of purplish flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of live-forever

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

Catalina has more than 60 endemic species of plants and animals, so be on the lookout for Catalina Island fox and Catalina live-forever succulents, among other unique wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2024

Take a live-forever leaf, squeeze it to loosen the inner and outer skin.

From Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk by Bergen, Fanny D. (Fanny Dickerson)

Aunt Kate sent down east to her sister Lib for roots of sweet Mary, ribbon-grass, and live-forever, all of which came, took root, and grew in the course of time.

From The Second Chance by McClung, Nellie L.

We have no native plant so indestructible as garden orpine, or live-forever, which our grandmothers nursed, and for which they are cursed by many a farmer.

From The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton by Burroughs, John

Old Aunt Tilly lives over on the Painted Post, an' is plumb learned in yarbs an' sech as Injun turnips, opydeldock, live-forever, skoke-berry roots, jinson an' whitewood bark.

From Wolfville Days by Lewis, Alfred Henry