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ALL meanings of houseleek

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  • noun houseleek Also called old-man-and-old-woman. a succulent plant, Sempervivum tectorum, of the stonecrop family, native to Europe, having reddish flowers and leaves forming dense basal rosettes. 1
  • noun houseleek any other plant of the genus Sempervivum. 1
  • noun houseleek A succulent plant with rosettes of fleshy leaves and small pink flowers. Houseleeks grow on walls and roofs, and are popular cultivated plants. 1
  • noun houseleek Any of several succulent plants, of the genus Sempervivum, having a rosette of fleshy leaves. 0
  • noun houseleek any Old World crassulaceous plant of the genus Sempervivum, esp S. tectorum, which has a rosette of succulent leaves and pinkish flowers: grows on walls 0
  • noun houseleek sempervivum 0
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