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

Word History and Origins

Origin of orpine¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of orpine¹

C14: from Old French, apparently from orpiment (perhaps referring to the yellow flowers of a related species)

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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