stonecrop
nounUK /ˈstəʊnˌkɹɒp/ · US /ˈstoʊnˌkɹɑp/
Etymology From stone + crop, from the apparent ability of the plant to grow out of bare rock and stone.
1
Any of various succulent plants of the Crassulaceae family, native to temperate zones, especially in genus Sedum
- A trailing plant with flowers like small white stars had bound itself across the bows as if in reverence for the fallen king, and in the crevices of his stony hair yellow stonecrop gleamed.1954, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers:
2
Certain plants of genus Lithospermum, in family Boraginaceae.
- Derived terms
- Allegheny stonecrop, biting stonecrop, butterfly stonecrop, cliff stonecrop, dense stonecrop, ditch stonecrop, goldmoss stonecrop, ledge stonecrop, mossy stonecrop, musky stonecrop, orange stonecrop, orpine stonecrop, pale stonecrop, Persian stonecrop, reflexed stonecrop, shore stonecrop, showy stonecrop, Virginia stonecrop, Virginian stonecrop, wild stonecrop, yellow stonecrop