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English Dictionary: liveforever by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Live-forever \Live"-for*ev`er\, n. (Bot.)
      A plant ({Sedum Telephium}) with fleshy leaves, which has
      extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Orpine \Or"pine\, n. [F. orpin the genus of plants which
      includes orpine; -- so called from the yellow blossoms of a
      common species (Sedum acre). See {Orpiment}.] (Bot.)
      A low plant with fleshy leaves ({Sedum telephium}), having
      clusters of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places,
      and on old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in
      America. Called also {stonecrop}, and {live-forever}.
      [Written also {orpin}.]
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