Found 2 items, similar to orpine.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: orpine
orpine
n : perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and
heads of small purplish-white flowers [syn:
orpin,
livelong,
live-forever,
Sedum telephium]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: orpine
orpine
\or"pine\, n. [F. orpin the genus of plants which
includes orpine; -- so called from the yellow blossoms of a
common species (Sedum acre). See
Orpiment.] (Bot.)
A low plant with fleshy leaves (
Sedum telephium), having
clusters of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places,
and on old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in
America. Called also
stonecrop, and
live-forever.
[Written also
orpin.]
[1913 Webster]