ay-green Herb.
(ˈeɪˌgriːn)
[= evergreen: see ay adv. 5]
The house-leek.
| 1562 Turner Herbal ii. 133 a, In English Housleke, and of some Singren, but it ought better to be called Aygrene. 1693 W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. 192 An Herb always green, called Ay-green, or Sea-green, Everlasting, House-leek. 1721 Bailey, Aigreen. 1863 R. Prior Plant-n., Aye-green..from its conspicuous tufts of evergreen leaves. |