sedum

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See also: Sedum and sédum

English[edit]

a sedum
Sedum atratum

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English cedum, from Latin sedum (“houseleek”).

Noun[edit]

sedum (plural sedums)

  1. Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to temperate zones; the stonecrop

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin sedum (“houseleek”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈseː.dʏm/
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  • Hyphenation: se‧dum

Noun[edit]

sedum n or m (plural sedums, diminutive sedumpje n)

  1. Synonym of vetkruid (“stonecrop, succulent plant of genus Sedum”)

Derived terms[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Unknown.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sedum n (genitive sedī); second declension

  1. The houseleek
Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sedum seda
Genitive sedī sedōrum
Dative sedō sedīs
Accusative sedum seda
Ablative sedō sedīs
Vocative sedum seda
Descendants[edit]
  • Translingual: Sedum

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

sēdum

  1. genitive plural of sēdēs

References[edit]

  • “sedum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sedum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938) “sedum”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 259
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