huislook
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch huuslook, from Old Dutch *hūslōk, from Proto-West Germanic *hūsalauk. By surface analysis, huis (“house”) + look (“leek”), referring to their usage on the roofs of houses (compare the taxonomic name Sempervivum tectorum of the common houseleek; tectorum meaning "of roofs").
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Noun
huislook m (uncountable)
- A houseleek, sempervivum; any plant of genus Sempervivum
- Hypernym: vetplantenfamilie
- Hyponyms: donderblad, spinnenwebhuislook, berghuislook
- Coordinate terms: crassula, vetkruid
- (particularly) Synonym of donderblad (“common houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum”)
Derived terms
- berghuislook (“mountain houseleek, Sempervivum montanum”)
- gewone huislook (“common houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum”)
- spinnenwebhuislook (“cobweb houseleek, Sempervivum arachnoideum”)
Further reading
huislook on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
