sedum

/ˈsidəm/

Other forms: sedums

Definitions of sedum

1. noun

   any of various plants of the genus Sedum
   types:

   stonecrop

   any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers

   Sedum rosea, midsummer-men, rose-root

   Eurasian mountain plant with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers

   Sedum telephium, live-forever, livelong, orpin, orpine

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

   Sedum acre, wall pepper

   mossy European creeping sedum with yellow flowers; widely introduced as a ground cover

   type of:

   herb, herbaceous plant

   a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests