Definition of Genus Sedum

1. Noun. Large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sedum

genus Scomber
genus Scomberesox
genus Scomberomorus
genus Scombresox
genus Scophthalmus
genus Scopolia
genus Scorpaena
genus Scorzonera
genus Scrophularia
genus Scutellaria
genus Scutigera
genus Scutigerella
genus Sebastiana
genus Sebastodes
genus Secale
genus Sedum (current term)
genus Seismosaurus
genus Seiurus
genus Selaginella
genus Selar
genus Selenarctos
genus Selene
genus Selenicereus
genus Selenipedium
genus Senecio
genus Senna
genus Sepia
genus Septobasidium
genus Sequoia
genus Sequoiadendron

Literary usage of Genus Sedum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Our Garden Flowers: A Popular Study of Their Native Lands, Their Life by Harriet Louise Keeler (1910)
"... The genus Sedum numbers about one hundred and fifty species, of which thirty are within the limits of the United States. ..."

2. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1895)
"The genus Sedum has usually pentamerous flowers ; Sedum acre, the Stone- crop, is common on walls and rocks; .S. Rhodiola has dioecious flowers (see Fig. ..."

3. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture by Peter Henderson (1904)
"... of which Carex is the principal genus. Sedum. Stonecrop. From sedere, to sit; the plants are found growing upon stones, rocks, walls and roofs of houses ..."

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