sempervivumn.
/sɛmpəˈvʌɪvəm/ (a) The houseleek. (b) A genus (Linnæus 1737) of crassulaceous plants containing the houseleek, S. tectorum and about 50 other species; a plant of this genus.
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sengreenc1000
houseleeka1400
jubarbc1450
ay-green1562
sempervivum1591
imbreke1597
Jupiter's eye1597
sea-green1601
sempervive1625
semper-vivens1672
house-green1688
cyphel1691
fouat1822
bullock's eye1861
Jupiter's beard1861
thunder-plant1866
1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Yerva puntera Semperuiuum, Aizous.
1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. vii. 134 in Church-hist. Brit. Two Serpents erected azure..having a branch of semper vivum proper betwixt their heads.
1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands 62 Semper-vivum. There are in these Islands several kinds of Herbs that never dye or wither.
1882 Garden 3 June 306/1 To see the pleasing tints and forms of the Sempervivums at the present season makes one wonder why these plants are not grown in every rock garden.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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