SEDUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sedum mean? 

• SEDUM (noun)
  The noun SEDUM has 1 sense:

1. any of various plants of the genus Sedum

  Familiarity information: SEDUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEDUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Sedum

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sedum" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sedum"):

stonecrop (any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers)

midsummer-men; rose-root; Sedum rosea (Eurasian mountain plant with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers)

live-forever; livelong; orpin; orpine; Sedum telephium (perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers)

Holonyms ("sedum" is a member of...):

genus Sedum (large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves)