cobweb houseleek

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noun

a small southern European plant, Sempervivum arachoideum, of the stonecrop family, having a dense, globular cluster of cobwebby leaves and red flowers on hairy stalks.

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How to use cobweb houseleek in a sentence

The sun was setting, and he pointed to a cobweb glistening in a ray of light.
Raped by a Teacher: One Woman’s Tragic Past at the Horace Mann School|Abigail Pesta|September 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Above it was a canopy of a deep-red cobweb, dotted with the prettiest little green flies that sparkled like precious stones.
Rudy and Babette|Hans Christian Andersen
Man's passions at first are like a cobweb's thread, at last become like the thickest cable.
Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala|Various
The cobbler of Cobweb Corner was becoming dazed with happiness.
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls|Various

He would brush her machinery aside like a cobweb, but that did not affect the chance of his recognition by Sonia.
The Art of Disappearing|John Talbot Smith
But—not 'in this connection,' in no connection—the utilitarian also thoroughly despises cobweb theories, as he terms them.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862|Various