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sedum

DEFINITIONS OF: sedum

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n any of various plants of the genus Sedum

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any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers
Sedum rosea, midsummer-men, rose-root
Eurasian mountain plant with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers
Sedum telephium, live-forever, livelong, orpin, orpine
perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers
Sedum acre, wall pepper
mossy European creeping sedum with yellow flowers; widely introduced as a ground cover
Type of:
herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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