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GOOD-KING-HENRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does good-king-henry mean? 

GOOD-KING-HENRY (noun)
  The noun GOOD-KING-HENRY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: GOOD-KING-HENRY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GOOD-KING-HENRY (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 ("good-king-henry" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "good-king-henry"):

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


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