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houseleek

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈhaʊsliːk/Sorted eeehklosuStarts with HEnds with K0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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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  • Equal parts of the juice of house-leek, brandy and sweet-oil in a phial, to be hung up and exposed to the sun for a month or more.

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