sedum

See also: Sedum and sédum

English
a sedum
Sedum atratum

Etymology

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

Noun

sedum (plural sedums)

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

Further reading

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sedum (“houseleek”).

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

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology 1

Unknown.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

sedum n (genitive sedī); second declension

  1. The houseleek
Declension

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
  • Translingual: Sedum

Noun

sēdum

  1. genitive plural of sēdēs

References
  • “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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