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Charlie Pridham writes:
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| intrigued I have looked further and found that leac the old english/saxon
| word means plant so the name translates as house plant. ...

Since the OED doesn't, I suspect that the known uses are inadequate
to draw that conclusion! I.e. the context could be met equally well
by it meaning any plant or a specific type of plant.

For example, 'grass' was any plant that could be eaten by animals
like horses and cattle - i.e. 'graze'.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.