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stonecrop

stone·crop
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [stohn-krop]
    • /ˈstoʊnˌkrɒp/
    • /stˈəʊnkrɒp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stohn-krop]
    • /ˈstoʊnˌkrɒp/

Definitions of stonecrop word

  • noun stonecrop any plant of the genus Sedum, especially a mosslike herb, S. acre, having small, fleshy leaves and yellow flowers, frequently growing on rocks and walls. 1
  • noun stonecrop any of various related plants. 1
  • noun stonecrop any of various N temperate crassulaceous plants of the genus Sedum, having fleshy leaves and typically red, yellow, or white flowers 0
  • noun stonecrop any of various similar or related plants 0
  • abbreviation STONECROP sedum 0
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Origin of stonecrop

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English stooncrop, Old English stāncrop. See stone, crop

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Parts of speech for Stonecrop

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stonecrop popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 61% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Related words

  • crassulaceous

    of, relating to, or belonging to the Crassulaceae, a family of herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants with fleshy succulent leaves, including the houseleeks and stonecrops

  • stonecrop family

    the plant family Crassulaceae, characterized by succulent herbaceous plants and shrubs with simple, fleshy leaves, clusters of small flowers, and dry, dehiscent fruit, and including hen-and-chickens, houseleek, kalanchoe, live-forever, orpine, sedum, and stonecrop.

  • air plant

    an epiphyte, esp an orchid of the large Old World tropical genus Aerides, grown for its white scented flowers spotted with red, purple, or rose, or a bromeliad, esp of the genus Tillandsia

  • burro's tail

    a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.

  • cobweb houseleek

    a small southern European plant, Sempervivum arachoideum, of the stonecrop family, having a dense, globular cluster of cobwebby leaves and red flowers on hairy stalks.
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