ORPINE


Meaning of ORPINE in English

[ 'ɔ:pɪn ]

(also orpin )

■ noun a purple-flowered stonecrop. [ Sedum telephium .]

Origin

ME: from OFr. ~ , prob. an alt. of orpiment , orig. applied to a yellow-flowered sedum.

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