virginian stonecrop

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virginian stonecrop - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stonecrop \Stone"crop`\, n. [AS. st[=a]ncropp.]
     1. A sort of tree. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
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     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.
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     Virginian stonecrop, or Ditch stonecrop, an American
        plant (Penthorum sedoides).
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