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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orpin  \Or"pin\,  n.  [F.,  orpiment,  also  the  plant  orpine.  See 
  {Orpiment}.] 
  1.  A  yellow  pigment  of  various  degrees  of  intensity, 
  approaching  also  to  red. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  The  orpine. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Orpine  \Or"pine\,  n.  [F.  orpin  the  genus  of  plants  which 
  includes  orpine;  --  so  called  from  the  yellow  blossoms  of  a 
  common  species  (Sedum  acre).  See  {Orpiment}.]  (Bot.) 
  A  low  plant  with  fleshy  leaves  ({Sedum  telephium}),  having 
  clusters  of  purple  flowers.  It  is  found  on  dry,  sandy  places, 
  and  on  old  walls,  in  England,  and  has  become  naturalized  in 
  America.  Called  also  {stonecrop},  and  {live-forever}. 
  [Written  also  {orpin}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  orpin 
  n  :  perennial  northern  temperate  plant  with  toothed  leaves  and 
  heads  of  small  purplish-white  flowers  [syn:  {orpine},  {livelong}, 
  {live-forever},  {Sedum  telephium}] 




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