houseleek

English

a houseleek on a Belgian roof (Sempervivum tectorum)

Etymology

From Middle English houslek, probably from Old English *hūslēac, corresponding to house +‎ leek. Cognate with Dutch huislook, German Hauslauch, Danish husløg, Swedish huslök.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhaʊsliːk/

Noun

houseleek (plural houseleeks)

Any of several succulent plants, of the genus Sempervivum, having a rosette of fleshy leaves

Synonyms

ay-green
bullock’s eye
cyphel (disused)
foose (dialectal)
fouat, fouet (Scotland)
full (obsolete, rare)
healing blade
healing leaf

homewort (now historical and rare)
house-green (chiefly in English regional use, now rare)
imbreke (obsolete)
jubarb (obsolete)
Jupiter’s beard
Jupiter’s eye
liveforever
seagreen (obsolete)

sedum (obsolete)
sempervive (obsolete)
semper-vivens (obsolete, rare)
sempervivum
sengreen (now dialectal)
thunder-plant
welcome-home-husband-though-never-so-drunk

Hyponyms

hen and chickens (Sempervivum globiferum)

Derived terms

Translations

Sempervivum

Bulgarian: дебелец m (debelec), ушно биле n (ušno bile)
French: joubarbe (fr) f
Hungarian: kövirózsa (hu)
Irish: buachaill tí m

Latin: stergethron m
Norman: jombarbe f (Jersey)
Romanian: borșișor (ro) m
Russian: молоди́ло (ru) n (molodílo), живу́чка (ru) f (živúčka), ка́менная ро́за f (kámennaja róza)

References

houseleek on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sempervivum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sempervivum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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