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stonecrop

stone·crop [ stṓn kròp ] (plural stone·crops or stone·crop)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. plant with fleshy leaves: an annual or perennial flowering plant with fleshy leaves. Native to: northern temperate regions.  Genus Sedum.

2. plant similar to stonecrop: a plant related or similar to the stonecrop

[Pre-12th century. stone (because the plant grows on rocks) + crop in the obsolete sense "flower cluster, ear of grain"]
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