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STONECROP
stonecrop
(noun) any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stonecrop (countable and uncountable, plural stonecrops)
Any of various succulent plants of the Crassulaceae family, native to temperate zones, especially in genus Sedum
Certain plants of genus Lithospermum, in family Boraginaceae.
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• necropost
Source: Wiktionary
Stone"crop`, n. Etym: [AS. stancropp.]
1. A sort of tree. [Obs.] Mortimer.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Any low succulent plant of the genus Sedum, esp. Sedum acre, which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and is spreading in parts of America. See Orpine. Virginian, or Ditch, stonecrop, an American plant (Penthorum sedoides).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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