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orpine

American

[awr-pin] / ˈɔr pɪn /

Or orpin

noun

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

orpine British

/ ˈɔːpɪn, ˈɔːpaɪn /

noun

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

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