Definition of "sedum" [sedum]

• Any of numerous plants of the genus Sedum, having thick fleshy leaves. (noun)

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• "The English name House Leek denotes _leac_ (Anglo-Saxon) a plant growing on the house; and another appellation of its genus, sedum, comes from the Latin _sedare_, to soothe, and subdue inflammations, etc."
• "The sedum is a good idea if it gets put on its side, but I was thinking of having it stand up to show the pretty rim."
• "Moving to the other side of the road, which coincidentally happened to be upwind, I also found the asters blooming like crazy, mixed in with a bunch of yellow succulents, that I would have called sedum, but now I'm not so sure."