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houseleeknoun
Any of several succulent plants, of the genus Sempervivum, having a rosette of fleshy leaves
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Houseleeknoun
A plant.
Etymology: house and leek.
The flower consists of several leaves, which are placed orbicularly, and expanded in form of a rose; out of whose flower-cup rises the pointal, which afterwards turns to a fruit, composed, as it were, of many seed-vessels resembling husks, which are collected into a sort of head, and full of small seeds. The species are six. Philip Miller.
The acerbs supply their quantity of cruder acids; as juices of apples, grapes, the sorrels, and houseleek. John Floyer.
Wikipedia
houseleek
Sempervivum (Brit. , U.S. [̩sɛ̃mpeɹ'vivũm]) is a genus of about 40 species of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, commonly known as houseleeks. Other common names include liveforever (the source of the taxonomical designation Sempervivum, literally "always/forever alive") and hen and chicks, a name shared with plants of other genera as well. They are succulent perennials forming mats composed of tufted leaves in rosettes. In favourable conditions they spread rapidly via offsets, and several species are valued in cultivation as groundcover for dry, sunny locations.
Webster Dictionary
Houseleeknoun
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
Etymology: [House + leek.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of houseleek in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of houseleek in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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