| 单词 | house-green |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse-green house-green n. chiefly English regional (now rare) the common houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Crassulaceae (stonecrop and allies) > [noun] > houseleek sinfulleOE fulleOE homeworteOE sengreenc1000 houseleeka1400 jubarbc1450 ay-green1562 sempervivum1591 imbreke1597 Jupiter's eye1597 sea-green1601 sempervive1625 semper-vivens1672 house-green1688 cyphel1691 fouat1822 bullock's eye1861 Jupiter's beard1861 thunder-plant1866 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 88/2 House-leeke..is called generally with us by the name of House-green. 1756 Reid's Scots Gardiner (rev. ed.) 168 Gardiners ought to be careful how they expose any House Greens, or Exotick Plants to the open air. 1854 S. Thompson Wanderings among Wild Flowers (ed. 2) iii. 241 You may probably meet..that very near connexion of the sedums, the house-leek or house-green (Sempervivum tectorum). 1873 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 24 Jan. 467/3 Pound the leaves of house leek, sometimes called house ‘green’, in a mortar. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora 182 House-green, N'thants, War, Ches; Houseleek, Suff, N'hants, Yks, West. < as lemmas |
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