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

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live-forever

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

The way to drown an amphibious animal is never to allow it to come to the surface to breathe, and this is the way to kill live-forever.

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

There are but four weeds that I know of—milkweed, live-forever, Canada thistle, and toad-flax— that it will not run out in a good soil.

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

We can make pudding-bags of live-forever, dolls' bonnets, "trimmed up to the nines," out of the velvet mullein leaf, and from the ox-eyed daisies, round, cap-begirt faces, smiling as the sun.

From Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life by Alice Brown

Stick a piece of live-forever up on the wall, and in whatever direction it leans, the lover will come from that quarter.

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