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Arpine vs Orpine - What's the difference?

arpine | orpine |

As nouns the difference between arpine and orpine

is that arpine is obsolete form of arpent while orpine is any of several temperate succulent plants, of the family Crassulaceae, that have clusters of purple flowers.

arpine

English

Noun

(en noun)
    • (Webster 1913)

    orpine

    English

    (wikipedia orpine) (Crassulaceae)

    Alternative forms

    * orpin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several temperate succulent plants, of the family Crassulaceae, that have clusters of purple flowers.
  • *1653 , (Nicholas Culpeper), The English Physician Enlarged , Folio Society 2007, p. 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (succulent Sedum) livelong

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