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‖ sedum|ˈsiːdəm|
Also 5 cedum.
[L. sedum houseleek.]
†a. A name for certain crassulaceous plants, houseleek, stonecrop, orpine, etc. Obs.
b. Bot. A genus of plants (N.O. Crassulaceæ), the British species of which are known as stonecrop.
c1440Pallad. on Husb. x. 47 Let mynge Iuce of cedum smal ygrounde With water. 1548Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 72 Sedum..the fyrste kynde..is called in englishe Housleke or syngrene... The seconde kynde is called..thryft or stoncroppe... The thyrd kinde is called..Mouse tayle or litle stoncroppe. 1664Evelyn Kal. Hort., May (1679) 16 Syringa's, Sedums, Tulips. 1707Mortimer Husb. (1721) II. 389 You must never water Aloes or Sedums during the whole Winter. 1760Lee Introd. Bot. App. 326 Sedum, Pyramidal, Saxifraga. 1850Miss Pratt Comm. Things of Sea-side i. 48 Several of the Sedums..were formerly used as medicine. 1882Garden 1 Apr. 213/2 The beautiful yellow mossy Sedum. 1894Fenn In Alpine Valley III. 181 He threw himself down upon some bed of sedums, where quite a couch was formed of the tiny rosettes. |