FAT HEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fat hen mean? 

• FAT HEN (noun)
  The noun FAT HEN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FAT HEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAT HEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

allgood; Chenopodium bonus-henricus; fat hen; good-king-henry; wild spinach

Hypernyms ("fat hen" is a kind of...):

goosefoot (any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers)

Meronyms (parts of "fat hen"):

wild spinach (leafy greens collected from the wild and used as a substitute for spinach)