sempervivum
See also: Sempervivum
English
editEtymology
editFrom the genus name.
Noun
editsempervivum (plural sempervivums)
- 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[1]:
- 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.