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Houseleek   Listen
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Houseleek  n.  (Bot.) A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (Sempervivum 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" Quotes from Famous Books



... that remains On the plains, By the caper overrooted, by the gourd Overscored, While the patching houseleek's head of blossom winks Through the chinks— Marks the basement whence a tower in ancient time Sprang sublime, And a burning ring, all round, the chariots traced As they raced, And the monarch and his minions and ...
— Robert Browning: How To Know Him • William Lyon Phelps


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