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CHENOPODIUM BONUS-HENRICUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chenopodium bonus-henricus mean?
• CHENOPODIUM BONUS-HENRICUS (noun)
The noun CHENOPODIUM BONUS-HENRICUS has 1 sense:
1. European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb
Familiarity information: CHENOPODIUM BONUS-HENRICUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHENOPODIUM BONUS-HENRICUS (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 ("Chenopodium bonus-henricus" is a kind of...):
goosefoot (any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers)
Meronyms (parts of "Chenopodium bonus-henricus"):
wild spinach (leafy greens collected from the wild and used as a substitute for spinach)
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