Sedum

(se'dum.) (Bot.) The Orpine or Live-long, a gen. of herbaceous plants, O. Cra ulaceæ, branched mostly from the root, and bearing at the same time elongated stems, which terminate in cymes of yellow, white, or purple flowers, and other shorter flowerle stems crowded with fleshy leaves, which are either flat or more frequently about equal in breadth and thickne . The structure of S. being such as to enable them to vegetate for a long time without absorbing moisture from the earth, they flourish in most arid soils, and are to be found clothing the surface of rocks, or the sides of walls and quarries. See,(sē.) [From L. sedes, a sitting.] (Eccl.) The jurisdiction or diocese of a prelate of the Church. The Holy Seeis a distinctive appellation given to Rome, as being the seat of the Papal authority. [s. 810]