houseleek
English
a houseleek on a Belgian roof (Sempervivum tectorum)
Etymology
From Middle English houslek, probably from Old English *hūslēac, corresponding to house + leek. Cognate with Dutch huislook, German Hauslauch, Danish husløg, Swedish huslök.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaʊsliːk/
Noun
houseleek (plural houseleeks)
- Any of several succulent plants, of the genus Sempervivum, having a rosette of fleshy leaves
Synonyms
- ay-green
- bullock’s eye
- cyphel (disused)
- foose (dialectal)
- fouat, fouet (Scotland)
- full (obsolete, rare)
- healing blade
- healing leaf
- homewort (now historical and rare)
- house-green (chiefly in English regional use, now rare)
- imbreke (obsolete)
- jubarb (obsolete)
- Jupiter’s beard
- Jupiter’s eye
- liveforever
- seagreen (obsolete)
- sedum (obsolete)
- sempervive (obsolete)
- semper-vivens (obsolete, rare)
- sempervivum
- sengreen (now dialectal)
- thunder-plant
- welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk
Hyponyms
- hen and chickens (Sempervivum globiferum)
Derived terms
- cobweb houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum)
- cottony houseleek (Sempervivum arachnoideum)
- dwarf houseleek (Sedum reflexum)
- roof houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum)
Translations
Sempervivum
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