orpine

or or·pin

[ awr-pin ]
/ ˈɔr pɪn /

noun

a plant, Sedum telephium, of the stonecrop family, having purplish flowers.

Origin of orpine

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French, back formation from orpiment orpiment

Words nearby orpine

orpheus and eurydice, orphic, orphism, orphrey, orpiment, orpine, orpington, orr, orra, orrery, orrin

Example sentences from the Web for orpine

  • The Orpine was a flower linked with tradition and mystery in England, there were scores of fanciful notions connected with it.

    Old-Time Gardens |Alice Morse Earle

  • Orpine for Quinsie in the throat, for which disease it is inferior to none.

    Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony |George Francis Dow

  • They set the orpine in clay upon pieces of slate or potsherd in their houses, calling it a Midsummer man.

    Folk-lore of Shakespeare |Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer

  • Like the orpine, it was a veritable "live-long," or as the politicians say, "die-hard."

    The Call of the Wildflower |Henry S. Salt

British Dictionary definitions for orpine

orpine

orpin (ˈɔːpɪn)

/ (ˈɔːpaɪn) /

noun

a succulent perennial N temperate crassulaceous plant, Sedum telephium, with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers Also called: (Brit) livelong, (US) live-forever

Word Origin for orpine

C14: from Old French, apparently from orpiment (perhaps referring to the yellow flowers of a related species)