English Explanatory Dictionary

houseleek

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several succulent plants, of the genus Sempervivum, having a rosette of fleshy leaves.

Pronunciation

/ˈhaʊsliːk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-houseleek.wav

Word forms

houseleek houseleeks

Etymology

From Middle English houslek, probably from Old English *hūslēac, from Proto-West Germanic *hūsalauk. Cognate with Dutch huislook, German Hauslauch, Danish husløg, Swedish huslök. By surface analysis, house + leek.

Synonyms

ay-green ayegreen bullock's eye cyphel foose fouat fouet full healing blade healing leaf homewort house-green Jove's beard jubarb Jupiter's beard Jupiter's eye liveforever seagreen sedum semper-vivens sempervive sempervivum sengreen thunder-plant welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk

Derived words

cobweb houseleek cottony houseleek dwarf houseleek roof houseleek

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