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LIVELONG

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 I. (noun) 

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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:

Nouns denoting plants

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) 

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Meaning:

(of time) constituting the full extent or duration

Example:

all the livelong day

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

whole (including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete)

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