"Sempervive" is a word in ENGLISH
The houseleek.
How can a man’s candour be seen in all its lustre unless he has a few failings to talk of? But he had an agreeable confidence that his faults were all of a generous kind—impetuous, arm-blooded, leonine; never crawling, crafty, reptilian.
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The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum).
Read the complete definitionComposed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.
Read the complete definitionA succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally …
Read the complete definitionArranged in many rows, or series, as the scales of a pine cone, or the leaves of the houseleek.
Read the complete definitionA short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek.
Read the complete definitionA genus of fleshy-leaved plants, of which the houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) is the commonest species.
Read the complete definitionThe houseleek.
Read the complete definitionProducing soboles. See Illust. of Houseleek.
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