houseleek
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houseleek
- /ˈhaʊsliːk/
Where it comes from
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.
noun houseleeks
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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.
Similar: ay-green, ayegreen, bullock's eye, cyphel, foose, fouat, fouet, full, healing blade, healing leaf, homewort, house-green
Translations
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noun Sempervivum
| Español | siempreviva |
|---|---|
| Português | sempre-viva |
| Français | joubarbe |
| Deutsch | Hauswurz |
| Română | borșișor |
| Русский | молоди́ло molodílo, живу́чка živúčka, ка́менная ро́за kámennaja róza |
| العربية | حَيّ الْعَالَم ḥayy al-ʕālam |
| עברית | חַי הָעוֹלָם ḥay hā-ʿōlā́m |
Talk about this word "houseleek." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/houseleek. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. houseleek. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/houseleek "houseleek." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/houseleek.Cite this
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title = {houseleek},
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