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old man and old women

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house⋅leek

[hous-leek]
–noun
1. Also called old-man-and-old-woman. a succulent plant, Sempervivum tectorum, of the stonecrop family, native to Europe, having reddish flowers and leaves forming dense basal rosettes.
2. any other plant of the genus Sempervivum.

Origin:
1325–75; ME howsleke. See house, leek
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