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Definition of Houseleek

Houseleek
Houseleek House"leek`, n. [House + leek.] (Bot.) 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.

Meaning of Houseleek from wikipedia

- species of flowering plants in the family Cr****ulaceae, commonly known as housel****s. Other common names include liveforever (the source of the taxonomical...
- Sempervivum tectorum, the common housel****, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cr****ulaceae, native to the mountains of southern Europe, cultivated...
- species of Sempervivum (housel****s) such as Sempervivum 'Pekinese', S. arachnoideum (cobweb housel****), and S. tectorum (common housel****), as well as members...
- Aeonium arboreum, the tree aeonium, tree housel****, or Irish rose,[citation needed] is a succulent, subtropical subshrub in the flowering plant family...
- friendship tree), Kalanchoe blossfeldiana (florists' kalanchoe), Sempervivum (housel**** or hen and chicks), Monanthes, Umbilicus (pennywort), Bryophyllum, Echeveria...
- Aeonium dodrantale is a species of tree housel**** in the family Cr****ulaceae. The first description as Sempervivum dodrantale by Carl Ludwig von Willdenow...
- the adjoining genus, Sempervivum, housel****. It is derived from sedare, to appease, to tranquillize, since the housel**** cultivated on housetops was supposed...
- Sempervivum arachnoideum, the cobweb house-l****, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cr****ulaceae, native to European mountains, in the Alps...
- skills Hollyhock Ambition Honeysuckle Devoted affection, bonds of love Housel**** Domestic economy Hyacinth blue Constancy purple Sorrow; Please forgive...
- Cr****ulaceae, native to the Caucasus Mountains. Like other members of the housel**** genus, it grows succulent leaves in rosettes. The rosettes of S. altum...