orpine

American  

[awr-pin] / ˈɔr pɪn /

Or orpin

noun

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

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orpine British  

/ ˈɔːpɪn, ˈɔːpaɪn /

noun

1. Also called: livelong.   live-forever.  a succulent perennial N temperate crassulaceous plant, Sedum telephium, with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers

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Etymology

Origin of orpine

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

Example Sentences

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

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

Upon the rocks, which now bordered the road, were the deep red blossoms of the orpine sedum, and a small crimson-flowered stock with very hoary stem.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

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)

The common name, "orpine," was given on account of the yellow, or orpine, flowers; and the name "stonecrop," from its always growing in stony places.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth