sedum

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sedum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sedum \Se"dum\, n. [NL., fr. L. sedere to sit; so called in
     allusion to the manner in which the plants attach themselves
     to rocks and walls.] (Bot.)
     A genus of plants, mostly perennial, having succulent leaves
     and cymose flowers; orpine; stonecrop. --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]

sedum - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sedum
      n 1: any of various plants of the genus Sedum