huislook

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch huuslook, from Old Dutch *hūslōk, from Proto-West Germanic *hūsalauk. By surface analysis, huis (“house”) +‎ look (“leek”), referring to their usage on the roofs of houses (compare the taxonomic name Sempervivum tectorum of the common houseleek; tectorum meaning "of roofs").

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Noun

huislook m (uncountable)

1. a houseleek, sempervivum; any plant of genus Sempervivum

   Hypernym: vetplantenfamilie

   Hyponyms: donderblad, spinnenwebhuislook, berghuislook

   Coordinate terms: crassula, vetkruid

2. (particularly) Synonym of donderblad (“common houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum”)

Derived terms

• berghuislook (“mountain houseleek, Sempervivum montanum”)
• gewone huislook (“common houseleek, Sempervivum tectorum”)
• spinnenwebhuislook (“cobweb houseleek, Sempervivum arachnoideum”)

 

Further reading

• huislook on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl