HOUSELEEK

Meaning of HOUSELEEK in English

( n. )

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.

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HOUSELEEK — noun Date: 14th century a pink-flowered thick-leaved European plant ( Sempervivum tectorum ) of the orpine family that tends to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOUSELEEK — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English howsleke, from hows, hous house + leke, lek leek — more at house , leek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOUSELEEK — (n.) A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very …
Английский словарь Webster
HOUSELEEK — /hows"leek'/ , n. 1. Also called old-man-and-old-woman . a succulent plant, Sempervivum tectorum, of the stonecrop family, native to Europe, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOUSELEEK — noun Date: 14th century : a pink-flowered thick-leaved European plant ( Sempervivum tectorum ) of the orpine family that tends …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOUSELEEK — noun a succulent plant of the genus sempervivum (s. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine europe, but now found very …
Webster English vocab
HOUSELEEK — [ 'haʊsli:k ] ■ noun a succulent plant with rosettes of fleshy leaves and small pink flowers, growing on walls …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOUSELEEK — [house.leek] n (14c): a pink-flowered thick-leaved European plant (Sempervivum tectorum) of the orpine family that tends to form clusters of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOUSELEEK — also called Live-forever, any of numerous low-growing succulent plants constituting the genus Sempervivum, about 40 species, in the stonecrop family …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOUSELEEK — houseleek BrE AmE ˈhaʊs liːk ▷ houseleek|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOUSELEEK — n. a plant, Sempervivum tectorum, with pink flowers, growing on walls and roofs.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOUSELEEK — n. a plant, Sempervivum tectorum, with pink flowers, growing on walls and roofs.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOUSELEEK — n. a plant, Sempervivum tectorum, with pink flowers, growing on walls and roofs.
Oxford English vocab
HOUSELEEK — бот. молодило (Sempervivum) (ботаника) молодило (Sempervivum)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOUSELEEK — n бот. молодило ( Sempervivum )
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HOUSELEEK — (n) молодило
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HOUSELEEK — n бот. молодило ( Sempervivum )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HOUSELEEK — n бот. молодило ( Sempervivum )
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HOUSELEEK — бот. молодило (Sempervivum)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
HOUSELEEK — бот. молодило ( Sempervivum )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
HOUSELEEK — бот. молодило (Sempervivum) (ботаника) молодило (Sempervivum)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOUSELEEK — n. Pronunciation: ' hau ̇ s- ˌ l ē k Function: noun Date: 14th century : a pink-flowered thick-leaved European …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ROOF HOUSELEEK — noun : houseleek
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COTTONY HOUSELEEK — noun : cobweb houseleek
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEDUM — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, houseleek Date: 1760 any of a genus ( Sedum ) of widely distributed fleshy …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
OFFSET — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( plural offsets ) Etymology: off (III) + set, n. (after set off, v.) 1. a. archaic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YELLOW STONECROP — noun 1. : dwarf houseleek 2. : a stonecrop ( Sedum acre )
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SENGREEN — ˈsenˌgrēn noun Etymology: Middle English singrene, from Old English singrēne, from singrēne evergreen, from sin- one, always (akin to Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEDUM — ˈsēdəm noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, houseleek 1. capitalized : a genus of fleshy widely distributed herbs (family Crassulaceae) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OLD-MAN-AND-WOMAN — ˈ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) : houseleek
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JUPITER'S-BEARD — ˈjüpəd.ə(r)z- noun ( plural jupiter's-beards ) Usage: capitalized Etymology: after Jupiter, ancient Roman god of the sky, from Latin Juppiter; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEMPERVIVUM — /sem'peuhr vuy"veuhm/ , n. any of various succulent plants belonging to the genus Sempervivum, of the stonecrop family, having leaves …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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