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)

  1. 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)

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