Orpine

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈɔːp(ÊŒ)ɪn/

Alternative forms

• orpin 14th-18th c.

Origin

From Old French orpin.

Full definition of orpine

Noun

1. Any of several temperate succulent plants, of the family Crassulaceae, that have clusters of purple flowers.
• 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 207: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.

Synonyms

• (succulent Sedum) livelong

Anagrams

• pernio, pornie