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单词 fat-hen
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fat-henn.

Brit. /ˈfathɛn/, U.S. /ˈfætˌhɛn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fat adj., hen n.1
Etymology: < fat adj. + hen n.1, with reference to the use of the leaves and seeds of these plants as fodder for chickens and other poultry.
A name for certain plants of the Goosefoot tribe, Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus and Atriplex patula. Also, in Australia, applied to various species of Chenopodium and Atriplex which are eaten as vegetables.
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1795 Trans. Soc. Arts 13 204 Chickweed, fumitory, fat-hen, and persicaria.
1847 F. W. L. Leichhardt Jrnl. Overland Exped. Austral. ii. 40 The fat-hen..grew abundantly on the reedy flats.
1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 172 Atriplex patula, Fat Hen.
1863 in R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants (1879) 75.
1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 182 Fathen [printed falhen] (a kind of indigenous spinach).
1889 R. C. Praed Romance of Station 46 To gather fat-hen, to do duty as cabbage.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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