houseleek

n. 长生草属植物

发音

其它 /ˈhaʊsliːk/

词形变化

houseleeks 复数 houseleeks

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

词源

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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