orpine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers
    orpin; Sedum telephium; livelong; live-forever.

WordNet

Or"pine noun
Etymology
F. orpin the genus of plants which includes orpine; -- so called from the yellow blossoms of a common species (Sedum acre). See Orpiment.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A low plant with fleshy leaves (Sedum telephium), having clusters of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places, and on old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in America. Called also stonecrop, and live-forever. Written also orpin.

Webster 1913