Stonecrop
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Any of various succulent plants of the Crassulaceae family, native to temperate zones, especially in genus Sedum countable, uncountable
"A trailing plant with flowers like small white stars had bound itself across the bows as if in reverence for the fallen king, and in the crevices of his stony hair yellow stonecrop gleamed."
- 2 any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers wordnet
- 3 Certain plants of genus Lithospermum, in family Boraginaceae. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"A trailing plant with flowers like small white stars had bound itself across the bows as if in reverence for the fallen king, and in the crevices of his stony hair yellow stonecrop gleamed."
Etymology
From stone + crop, from the apparent ability of the plant to grow out of bare rock and stone.
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