stonecrop

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From stone + crop, from the apparent ability of the plant to grow out of bare rock and stone.

“It's not a nice name,” said Mr. Stonecrop. — At the Back of the North Wind, George MacDonald
It was made of thatch and it had moss on it, and house-leeks and stonecrop and wallflowers, and even a clump of purple flag-flowers, at the far corner. — The Railway Children, E. (Edith) Nesbit
Then Elsmere picked a stonecrop, quarrelled over its precise name with Rose, and waited for Catherine, who had a very close and familiar knowledge of the botany of the district. — Robert Elsmere, Humphry, Mrs. Ward

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