house·leek (hous
lēk
)
n.Any of various plants of the genus
Sempervivum native to the Old World, especially
S. tectorum, having a persistent basal rosette of fleshy leaves and a branching cluster of pinkish or purplish flowers. Also called
live-forever, old-man-and-woman.
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