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orpine

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɔːp(ʌ)ɪn/Part of speech nounSorted einoprStarts with OEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers

Word origin

From Old French orpin, Old French orpiment, from Latin auripigmentum (“orpiment”), from aurum (“gold”) + pigmentum (“pigment”).

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  • Common Orpine rises up with diverse round, brittle stalks, thick set with fat and fleshy leaves without any order, and little or nothing dented about the edges; of a pale green colour.
  • A plant of orpine was often set by a young girl on her window sill on Midsummer Eve.

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