orpine

English

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Alternative forms

• orpin [14th–18th c.]

Etymology

From Old French orpin, Old French orpiment, from Latin auripigmentum (“orpiment”), from aurum (“gold”) + pigmentum (“pigment”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːp(ʌ)ɪn/

Noun

orpine (plural orpines)

1. Any of several temperate succulent plants of the family Crassulaceae, that have clusters of purple flowers, especially Hylotelephium telephium.
   • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 207:

     Common Orpine rises up with diverse round, brittle stalks, thick set with fat and fleshy leaves without any order, and little or nothing dented about the edges; of a pale green colour.

   • 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 268:

     A plant of orpine was often set by a young girl on her window sill on Midsummer Eve.

2. A yellow pigment of various degrees of intensity, sometimes approaching red.

Synonyms

• (succulent Sedum): livelong

Related terms

• orpiment

Translations

Hylotelephium telephium

• Catalan: fabària m
• Czech: rozchodníkovec nachový
• Irish: tóirpín m
• Romanian: dragoste (ro) f

Anagrams

• Perino, Pinero, norepi, opiner, pernio, pioner, porine, pornie, rip one, rope in