sedumn.
/ˈsiːdəm/, U.S. /ˈsidəm/ †(a) A name for certain crassulaceous plants, houseleek, stonecrop, orpine, etc. Obsolete. (b) Botany. A genus of plants (N.O. Crassulaceæ), the British species of which are known as stonecrop.
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c1440 Pallad. on Husb. x. 47 Let mynge Iuce of cedum smal ygrounde With water.
1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.ij 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.
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 67 in Sylva May..Flowers in Prime..Syringa's, Sedum's, Tulips.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 389 You must never water Aloes or Sedums during the whole Winter.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 326 Sedum, Pyramidal, Saxifraga.
1850 A. Pratt Chapters Common Things Sea-side i. 48 Several of the Sedums..were formerly used as medicine.
1882 Garden 1 Apr. 213/2 The beautiful yellow mossy Sedum.
1894 G. M. Fenn In Alpine Valley III. 181 He threw himself down upon some bed of sedums, where quite a couch was formed of the tiny rosettes.
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