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houseleek

noun
/ˈhaʊsliːk/

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.

  1. inherited from *hūsalauk✻
  2. inherited from *hūslēac✻
  3. inherited from houslek

Definitions

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

    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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA