orpine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of orpine
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French, back formation from orpiment orpiment
Example Sentences
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There, he whipped up the omelet of my dreams, puffy and rich, and served it with his just-plucked harvest, including acidic wood sorrel, spruce shoots and juicy, fleshy-leafed orpine.
From Washington Post
It is supposed that it was originally made for some lover to give to his mistress on Midsummer Eve, as the orpine plant is connected with that time.
From England in the Days of Old by Andrews, William
The device consisted of two orpine plants joined by a true-love knot, with this motto above: Ma fiancée velt, i.e.,
From England in the Days of Old by Andrews, William
On this festival, too, the orpine or livelong has long been in request, popularly known as "Midsummer men," whereas in Italy the house-leek is in demand.
From The Folk-lore of Plants by Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton)
They set the orpine in clay upon pieces of slate or potsherd in their houses, calling it a “Midsummer man.”
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger
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