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Proper noun

Sempervivum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Crassulaceae – the houseleeks etc.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Saxifragales - order; Crassulaceae - family; Sempervivoideae - subfamily; Sedeae - tribe; Sedinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sempervivum tectorum - type species; Sempervivum altum, Sempervivum arachnoideum, Sempervivum armenum, Sempervivum atlanticum, Sempervivum ballsii, Sempervivum borissovae, Sempervivum calcareum, Sempervivum cantabricum, Sempervivum caucasicum, Sempervivum ciliosum, Sempervivum davisii, Sempervivum dolomiticum, Sempervivum erythraeum, Sempervivum glabrifolium, Sempervivum ingwersenii, Sempervivum kindingeri, Sempervivum kosaninii, Sempervivum leucanthum, Sempervivum macedonicum, Sempervivum marmoreum, Sempervivum minus, Sempervivum montanum, Sempervivum nevadense, Sempervivum octopodes, Sempervivum ossetiense, Sempervivum pittonii, Sempervivum pumilum, Sempervivum sosnowskyi, Sempervivum thompsonianum, Sempervivum transcaucasicum, Sempervivum wulfenii, Sempervivum zeleborii - other species

English

Noun

sempervivum ‎(plural sempervivums)

1. Any of the genus Sempervivum of succulent plants, the houseleeks or liveforevers.
   • 2007 November 15, Anne Raver, “Hardy Succulents Take on a New Glow”, in New York Times:

     My favorite of the moment: a sleeping man in a long cattle trough, planted with thousands of a Sedum album called Red Ice, now turning ruby red in the cold, with sempervivum eyes on a head-size volcanic rock, and two farmer-like feet made of same.