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Meaning of ORPIN

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 Definition: [n]  perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers
 
 Synonyms: live-forever, livelong, orpine, Sedum telephium
 
 See Also: genus Sedum, sedum

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

 

 

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