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LIVELONG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial northern temperate plant with toothed leaves and heads of small purplish-white flowers
Synonyms:
live-forever; livelong; orpin; orpine; Sedum telephium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("livelong" is a kind of...):
sedum (any of various plants of the genus Sedum)
Holonyms ("livelong" is a member of...):
genus Sedum (large genus of rock plants having thick fleshy leaves)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of time) constituting the full extent or duration
Example:
all the livelong day
Classified under:
Similar:
whole (including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete)