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houseleek|ˈhaʊsliːk|
Forms: see house and leek: also 6–7 houselike, 7 houslicke.
[OE. type *húsléac, f. hús house n.1 + léac leek = MDu. huuslooc, MLG. hûslôk, Du. huislook; MHG. huslouch, Ger. hauslauch; Da. huuslög, Sw. huslök.]
The plant Sempervivum tectorum, a succulent herb with pink flowers and thick stem and leaves, the latter forming a dense rosette close to the root, which grows commonly on walls and the roofs of houses. Hence extended to all species of the genus Sempervivum, N.O. Crassulaceæ.
c1440Promp. Parv. 251/1 Howsleke, herbe, or sengrene, barba Jovis, semper viva, jubarbium. 1538Turner Libellus, Sedvm, housleke. 1562― Herbal ii. 133 a, Hous⁓leke..groweth in mountaynes and hylly places, som vse to set it vpon theyr houses. 1617Markham Caval. vii. 39 Two spoonefull of the iuyce of houslicke. 1656Ridgley Pract. Physick 151 Housleek on houses is full of juyce in the greatest heat. 1832Lytton Eugene A. i. ii, Roofs green with mosses and house-leek.
attrib.c1540in Vicary's Anat. (1888) App. ix. 227 Take..of nightshade leaves..howseleke leaves, plantaigne leaves. 1694Salmon Bates' Disp. (1713) 645/1 Drink after it a Draught of Housleek Whey.
b. tree houseleek, or houseleek-tree: a shrubby plant with yellow flowers (Sempervivum or æonium arboreum), allied to the Common Houseleek. sea housleek: see quot. 1611.
1611Cotgr., Ioubarbe arborée, Tree Housleeke..Ioubarbe marine, Sea Housleek, Sea Aygreen, hearb Aloes. 1866Treas. Bot. 23/2 æonium arboreum is well known to gardeners as the tree houseleek; its loose panicles, with a profusion of clammy yellow blossoms, are very elegant. 1884Miller Plant-n., House-leek Tree. |