Definition of Stonecrops

1. Noun. (plural of stonecrop) ¹

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Definition of Stonecrops

1. stonecrop [n] - See also: stonecrop

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stonecrops

stonebreaker
stonebreakers
stonebuck
stonebucks
stonebuilt
stonecast
stonecasts
stonechat
stonechats
stonecold
stonecraft
stonecrafts
stonecress
stonecrop
stonecrop family
stonecrops (current term)
stonecutter
stonecutters
stonecutting
stonecuttings
stoned
stonedly
stonedness
stoneface
stonefall
stonefalls
stonefish
stonefishes
stoneflies
stonefly

Literary usage of Stonecrops

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memories of the Months: Being Pages from the Notebook of a Field-naturalist by Herbert Maxwell (1897)
"... [LXXII ALL kinds of stonecrop possess peculiar attractions for bees and butterflies, owing to their stonecrops abundant secretion of honey. ..."

2. The Wild Garden: Or the Naturalization and Natural Grouping of Hardy Exotic by William Robinson (1903)
"In gardening few things are more interesting than an old wall covered with ferns and rock and mountain plants. The stonecrops are followed in the natural ..."

3. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"A xerophyte must be capable of storing water and transpiring very slowly, like cactuses, aloes, stonecrops, and such fleshy plants with a thick epidermis, ..."

4. Principles of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Bradley Moore Davis (1906)
"A xerophyte must be capable of storing water and transpiring very slowly, like cactuses, aloes, stonecrops, and such fleshy plants with a thick epidermis, ..."

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