Definition for AI-ZOON'

AI-ZOON', n. [Sax. aizon, from L. aizoon. It seems to be composed of Gr. αει, always, Sax. aa, Eng. aye, and ζωον, living.]

A genus of plants, called by Miller Sempervive. The name has, by some writers, been applied to the house-leek and to the aloes. – Encyc.

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