orpin n 1: perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers [syn: {orpine}, {orpin}, {livelong}, {live-forever}, {Sedum telephium}]
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}.] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) The orpine. [1913 Webster]