houseleek

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houseleek - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Houseleek \House"leek`\, n. [House + leek.] (Bot.)
     A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (Sempervivum 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.
     [1913 Webster]