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fat hen

noun

European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb

• Syn: ↑good-king-henry, ↑allgood, ↑wild spinach, ↑Chenopodium bonus-henricus

• Hypernyms: ↑goosefoot

• Part Meronyms: ↑wild spinach

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noun

1. : any of several succulent or fleshy-leaved plants especially of the genus Chenopodium (as lamb's-quarters)

2. : any of certain plants of the genus Atriplex (especially A. lastata and A. patula)

3. : ground ivy

4. : buckwheat 1

5. : shepherd's purse

6. : mugwort 1

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fat hen noun

Any one of various thick-leaved plants, esp of the goosefoot family

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Main Entry: ↑fat

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fat hen,

= pigweed (def. 1). (Cf. ↑pigweed)

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n. another name for lamb's-quarters

Useful english dictionary. 2012.