Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Orpin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Orpin \Or"pin\, n. [F., orpiment, also, the plant orpine. See
{Orpiment}.]
1. A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity,
approaching also to red.
2. (Bot.) The orpine.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
orpin
n : perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and
heads of small purplish-white flowers [syn: {orpine}, {livelong},
{live-forever}, {Sedum telephium}]
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