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Definition of Sengreen
1. n. The houseleek.
Definition of Sengreen
1. Noun. the houseleek ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sengreen
1. a plant which often grows on roofs [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sengreen
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sengreen
Literary usage of Sengreen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1848)
"SENEKA, Polygala senega. SENILE, Seni'Iis, from senere, ' to be old.' Relating or
belonging to old age : — as ' senile delirium,' dotage. sengreen ..."
2. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"sengreen is a name for the plant called house-leak (the ... a sengreen in chief
over the heads of two whole serpents in pale, their tails knit together (all ..."
3. The Gardeners Dictionaryby Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"Mountain heath- like sengreen, with a blue Flower. 4. ... with a trifid Leaf,
commonly call'd Mountain sengreen, or Ladies Cu- ..."
4. History of Cultivated Vegetables: Comprising Their Botanical, Medicinal by Henry Phillips (1822)
"IT is often called sengreen, from the old herbalists having mistaken this plant
and the stone-crop, for a species of the sengreen or Saxifraga ..."
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