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Definition of Genus Sedum
1. Noun. Large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves.
Group relationships: Crassulaceae, Family Crassulaceae, Stonecrop Family
Member holonyms: Sedum, Stonecrop, Sedum Acre, Wall Pepper, Midsummer-men, Rose-root, Sedum Rosea, Live-forever, Livelong, Orpin, Orpine, Sedum Telephium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Sedum
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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