houseleek en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhaʊsliːk/
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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.
Meanings
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Any of several succulent plants, of the genus Sempervivum, having a rosette of fleshy leaves.
Equal parts of the juice of house-leek, brandy and sweet-oil in a phial, to be hung up and exposed to the sun for a month or more.
1847, editorial staff, “A Cure for Deafness”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 10, page 74:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| houseleeks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
dwarf houseleek · cobweb houseleek · cottony houseleek · roof houseleek · sea houseleek
Hyponyms
Synonyms
Jupiter's beard · sempervivum · house-green · sempervive · sedum · cyphel · Jupiter's eye · semper-vivens · liveforever · bullock's eye · healing blade · thunder-plant · full · welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk · Jove's beard · fouat · sengreen · healing leaf · jubarb · fouet · foose · homewort · ayegreen · seagreen · ay-green
Translations (37)
pt sempre-viva (Sempervivum) · nl huislook (Sempervivum) · ro borșișor (Sempervivum) · sl netrêsk (Sempervivum) · arc חַיָּיא לְעָלְמָא (Sempervivum) · pl rojnik (Sempervivum) · la stergethron (Sempervivum) · fi mehitähti (Sempervivum) · he חַי הָעוֹלָם (Sempervivum) · bg ушно биле (Sempervivum) · la sempervīvum (Sempervivum) · da husløg (Sempervivum) · la aesum (Sempervivum) · gl herba tioura (Sempervivum) · sv taklök (Sempervivum) · ru ка́менная ро́за (Sempervivum) · ar حَيّ الْعَالَم (Sempervivum) · mk пазикуќа (Sempervivum) · de Hauswurz (Sempervivum) · ota قولاق اوتی (Sempervivum) · cy llysiau pen tai (Sempervivum) · gl herba punteira (Sempervivum) · grc ἀείζωον (Sempervivum) · nrf jombarbe (Sempervivum) · sh čuvàrkuća (Sempervivum) · ru живу́чка (Sempervivum) · he חַי לְעוֹלָם (Sempervivum) · bg дебелец (Sempervivum) · ru молоди́ло (Sempervivum) · hu kövirózsa (Sempervivum) · es siempreviva (Sempervivum) · ga buachaill tí (Sempervivum) · fo tekjuleykur (Sempervivum) · lad siemprebive (Sempervivum) · mk чува́ркуќа (Sempervivum) · fr joubarbe (Sempervivum) · sh čuvàrkuća (Sempervivum)