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. |
| old-man-and-wom·an (ōld'mān'ənd-wŏŏm'ən) n. pl. old-man-and-wom·ans (-wŏŏm'ənz) See houseleek. |
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