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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Houseleek \House"leek`\, n. [House + leek.] (Bot.)
A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum ({Sempervivum
tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now
found very generally on old walls and roofs. It is very
tenacious of life under drought and heat; -- called also
ayegreen.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Houseleek \House"leek`\, n. [House + leek.] (Bot.)
Sempervivum+({S.+tectorum" rel="nofollow">A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum ({S. tectorum),
originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very
generally on old walls and roofs. It is very tenacious of
life under drought and heat; -- called also ayegreen.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
houseleek
n.
Any of several succulent plants, of the genus ''Sempervivum'', having
a rosette of fleshy leaves
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
houseleek
n.
Any of several succulent plants, of the genus ''Sempervivum'', having
a rosette of fleshy leaves
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
houseleek
n.
Any of several succulent plants, of the genus ''Sempervivum'', having
a rosette of fleshy leaves
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
houseleek
n.
Any of several succulent plants, of the genus ''Sempervivum'', having
a rosette of fleshy leaves
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
houseleek //ˈhaʊsliːk//
дебелец, ушно биле
Sempervivum
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
houseleek //ˈhaʊsliːk//
mehitähti
Sempervivum
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
houseleek //ˈhaʊsliːk//
taklök
Sempervivum
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
houseleek /hˈaʊsliːk/
1. damkoruğu, kayakoruğu, (bot.) Sempervivum tectorum.
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 石莲花;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 石莲花
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