houseleek

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English

common houseleek on a roof in Belgium (Sempervivum tectorum)

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.

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houseleek (plural houseleeks)

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

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