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Definition of Stonecrops
1. stonecrop [n] - See also: stonecrop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stonecrops
Literary usage of Stonecrops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memories of the Months: Being Pages from the Notebook of a Field-naturalist by Herbert Maxwell (1897)
"... [LXXII ALL kinds of stonecrop possess peculiar attractions for bees and
butterflies, owing to their stonecrops abundant secretion of honey. ..."
2. The Wild Garden: Or the Naturalization and Natural Grouping of Hardy Exotic by William Robinson (1903)
"In gardening few things are more interesting than an old wall covered with ferns
and rock and mountain plants. The stonecrops are followed in the natural ..."
3. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"A xerophyte must be capable of storing water and transpiring very slowly, like
cactuses, aloes, stonecrops, and such fleshy plants with a thick epidermis, ..."
4. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"A xerophyte must be capable of storing water and transpiring very slowly, like
cactuses, aloes, stonecrops, and such fleshy plants with a thick epidermis, ..."
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