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Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers
Answer for the clue "Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers ", 5 letters:
orpin
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, sometimes approaching red. 2 (context botany English) The orpine.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers [syn: orpine , livelong , live-forever , Sedum telephium ]
Usage examples of orpin.
Fretwell, Stubbins, Orpin, and I all worked until we droppedI doubt any of us slept more than four hours a night.