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ORPINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does orpine mean?
• ORPINE (noun)
The noun ORPINE has 1 sense:
1. perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers
Familiarity information: ORPINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
live-forever; livelong; orpin; orpine; Sedum telephium
Hypernyms ("orpine" is a kind of...):
sedum (any of various plants of the genus Sedum)
Holonyms ("orpine" is a member of...):
genus Sedum (large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves)
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