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noun
Any of various succulent plants of the Crassulaceae family, native to temperate zones, especially in genus Sedum
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Certain plants of genus Lithospermum, in family Boraginaceae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sedum
Narrower terms: wall pepper, Sedum acre
History
From stone + crop, from the apparent ability of the plant to grow out of bare rock and stone.
Across languages
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
