stone·crop (st n kr p )n. 1. Any of various plants of the genus Sedum, having fleshy leaves and variously colored flowers. 2. Any of various related plants. [Middle English, from Old English st  ncropp : stn, stone; see stone + cropp, cluster, sprout.] |
stonecrop [ˈstəʊnˌkrɒp]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various N temperate crassulaceous plants of the genus Sedum, having fleshy leaves and typically red, yellow, or white flowers
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various similar or related plants
[Old English: so named because it grows on rocks and walls]
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| Noun | 1. |  stonecrop - any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowersgenus Sedum - large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves sedum - any of various plants of the genus Sedum Sedum acre, wall pepper - mossy European creeping sedum with yellow flowers; widely introduced as a ground cover |
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