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ORPIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does orpin mean?
• ORPIN (noun)
The noun ORPIN has 1 sense:
1. perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers
Familiarity information: ORPIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
live-forever; livelong; orpin; orpine; Sedum telephium
Hypernyms ("orpin" is a kind of...):
sedum (any of various plants of the genus Sedum)
Holonyms ("orpin" is a member of...):
genus Sedum (large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves)
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