Sedum Definition

sēdəm
sedums
noun
Any of a genus (Sedum) of mainly perennial plants of the orpine family, found on rocks and walls, with fleshy stalks and leaves and white, yellow, or pink flowers.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A taxonomic genus within the family Crassulaceae "” the stonecrops, succulents found throughout the northern hemisphere.

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Other Word Forms of Sedum

Noun

Singular:
sedum
Plural:
sedums

Origin of Sedum

  • From Middle English cedum, from Latin sedum (“houseleek").

    From Wiktionary

Sedum Sentence Examples

  • Xerophytes.Plants which grow in very dry soils; e.g., most hens, Ammophila (Psamma) arenaria, Elymus arenarius, Anasis aretioides, Zilla macro ptera, Sedum acre, Bupleurum spinosum, rtemisia herba-alba, Zollikofferia arborescens.

  • This number is, however, very variable, and often not Stonecrop (Sedum acre) slightly reduced.

  • Thyme and the small white dune-rose (Rosa pimpinellifolia) also grow in the dunes, and wall-pepper (Sedum acre), field fever-wort, reindeer moss, common asparagus, sheep's fescue grass, the pretty Solomon-seal (Polygonatum officinale), and the broadleaved or marsh orchis (Orchis latifolia).

  • The sedum matting, which came in a roll like a carpet, was simply laid on top.

  • Hairy stonecrop Sedum villosum occurs where scree is flushed by springs.

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