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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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}. | |
