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sedum

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 D AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to temperate zones; the stonecrop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

any of various plants of the genus Sedum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

Narrower terms: stonecrop, rose-root, midsummer-men, Sedum rosea, orpine, orpin, livelong, live-forever, Sedum telephium

History

Etymology

From Middle English cedum, from Latin sedum (“houseleek”). Modern usage is a semantic loan from translingual Sedum.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: rozchodnik — Sedum-genus plant
  • Russian: се́дум (sédum) — Sedum-genus plant