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单词 good king harry
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good King Harryn.

Brit. /ˌɡʊd kɪŋ ˈhari/, U.S. /ˌɡʊd ˌkɪŋ ˈhɛri/
Forms: Also with capital initial in the first element.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with English elements. Etymons: good adj., king n., proper name Harry.
Etymology: < good adj. + king n. + the male forename Harry (see Harry n.2), apparently as alteration of good Henry n. by association with one of the kings of England who bore the name Henry . Compare later good King Henry n.
Now rare.
The plant good King Henry, Chenopodium bonus-henricus.
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1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 259 Of English Mercurie... In Cambridgeshire it is called Good king Harry.
1810 Encycl. Londinensis IV. 403/2 Good Henry, good king Harry, or wild spinach: leaves triangular.
1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 272Good King Harry’..makes a very estimable spinach or asparagus in its native country.
1877 S. Hibberd Amateur's Kitchen Garden vii. 82 Good King Harry (Chenopodium Bonus Henricus)..is generally to be found in plenty as a weed on the rubbish heap.
1903 Naturalist Sept. 363Good King Harry’..is another useful plant that I often met with on this roadside.
2001 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 20 Jan. 36 Years ago, when I gardened in Lincolnshire, all the old codgers grew Good King Harry, an ancient salad crop.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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