noun

• A purple-flowered Eurasian plant of the stonecrop family, a naturalized weed of North America.

  Sedum telephium, family Crassulaceae

  ‘Other customs included decking the house (especially over the front door) with birch, fennel, St. John's wort, orpine, and white lilies.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘In England and Wales, St John's wort was suspended over doorways along with green birch, long fennel, orpine and white lilies, to guard against intruding malevolent entities.’
  • ‘The Crassulaceae, or orpine family, is a family of dicotyledons.’