What does "houseleek" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "houseleek"?

Common synonyms include: ay green, ay-green, ayegreen, bullock's eye, bullock's eye, cyphel.

Houseleek

//ˈhaʊsliːk// noun

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Noun

1
Any of several succulent plants, of the genus Sempervivum, having a rosette of fleshy leaves.

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ay green ay-green ayegreen bullock's eye bullock's eye cyphel

Etymology

From Middle English houslek, probably from Old English *hūslēac, from Proto-West Germanic *hūsalauk. Cognate with Dutch huislook, German Hauslauch, Danish husløg, Swedish huslök. By surface analysis, house + leek.

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