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stonecrop family — noun succulent shrubs and herbs • Syn: ↑Crassulaceae, ↑family Crassulaceae • Hypernyms: ↑plant family • Member Holonyms: ↑Rosales, ↑order Rosales … Useful english dictionary
family Crassulaceae — noun succulent shrubs and herbs • Syn: ↑Crassulaceae, ↑stonecrop family • Hypernyms: ↑plant family • Member Holonyms: ↑Rosales, ↑order Rosales … Useful english dictionary
stonecrop — noun Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum (Crassulaceae family), native to temperate zones. 1954. “A trailing plant with flowers like small white stars had bound itself across the bows as if in reverence for the fallen king, and in … Wiktionary
stonecrop — noun Date: before 12th century 1. sedum; especially an Old World creeping evergreen sedum (Sedum acre) with pungent fleshy leaves and yellow flowers 2. any of various plants of the orpine family related to the sedums … New Collegiate Dictionary
plant family — noun a family of plants • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑gymnosperm family, ↑Campanulaceae, ↑family Campanulaceae, ↑bellflower family, ↑Dioscoreaceae, ↑family D … Useful english dictionary
List of Canadian plants by family C — Main page: List of Canadian plants by familyFamilies: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I J K | L | M | N | O | P Q | R | S | T | U V W | X Y Z Cabombaceae * Brasenia schreberi watershield Cactaceae * Escobaria vivipara foxtail pincushion cactus *… … Wikipedia
sedum — /see deuhm/, n. any fleshy plant belonging to the genus Sedum, of the stonecrop family, usually having small, overlapping leaves and yellow, white, or pink flowers. [1400 50; late ME cedum < L sedum houseleek] * * * Any of about 600 species of… … Universalium
kalanchoe — /kal euhn koh ee, keuh lang koh ee, kal euhn choh , keuh lan choh/, n. any of several chiefly African and Asian succulent plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Kalanchoe, of the stonecrop family, having mostly opposite leaves and branching… … Universalium
crassulaceous — adjective see crassulaceae * * * /kras yoo lay sheuhs/, adj. belonging to the Crassulaceae, the stonecrop family of plants. Cf. stonecrop family. [1650 60; < NL Crassulace(ae) (equiv. to Crassul(a) genus name (ML crassula; see CRASS, ULE) +… … Useful english dictionary
Hylotelephium spectabile — Taxobox name = showy stonecrop image width = 240px image caption = Inflorescence regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Saxifragales familia = Crassulaceae genus = Hylotelephium species = H. spectabile binomial =… … Wikipedia
