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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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