Stonecrop \Stone"crop`\, n. [AS. st[=a]ncropp.]
1. A sort of tree. [Obs.]
--Mortimer.
2. (Bot.) Any low succulent plant of the genus Sedum, esp.
Sedum acre, which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and
is spreading in parts of America. See Orpine.
Virginian, or Ditch, stonecrop, an American plant
(Penthorum sedoides).
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |