stonecrop Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers

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Stone"crop` noun
Etymology
AS. stancropp.
Definitions
  1. A sort of tree. Obs. Mortimer.
  2. (Bot.) Any low succulent plant of the genus Sedum, esp. Sedum acre, which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and is spreading in parts of America. See Orpine.

Webster 1913