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plural orpines
Any of several temperate succulent plants of the family Crassulaceae, that have clusters of purple flowers, especially Hylotelephium telephium. quotations examples
Common Orpine rises up with diverse round, brittle stalks, thick set with fat and fleshy leaves without any order, and little or nothing dented about the edges; of a pale green colour.
1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 207
A plant of orpine was often set by a young girl on her window sill on Midsummer Eve.
1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 268
A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, sometimes approaching red. examples