stonecrop
/ˈstoʊnˌkɹɑp/noun
stonecrop is a noun meaning “Any of various succulent plants of the Crassulaceae family, native to temperate zones, especially in genus Sedum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-T-O-N-E-C-R-O-P and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 46 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of stonecrop is stonecrops.
What does stonecrop mean?
noun
- 1
Any of various succulent plants of the Crassulaceae family, native to temperate zones, especially in genus Sedum
- 2
Certain plants of genus Lithospermum, in family Boraginaceae.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce stonecrop?
- UK /ˈstəʊnˌkɹɒp/
- US /ˈstoʊnˌkɹɑp/
Stonecrop has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-stonecrop.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of stonecrop
- stonecrops plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is stonecrop?
Stonecrop appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Stonecrop in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Sedum:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | orpin |
| German | Fetthenne, Mauerpfeffer |
| Spanish | pampajarito, siempreviva |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does stonecrop come from?
From stone + crop, from the apparent ability of the plant to grow out of bare rock and stone.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).