fat hen

fat hen

n (Plants) a common plant, Chenopodium album, with small green flowers and whitish scales on the stem and leaves: family Chenopodiaceae (chenopods). Also called (US): pigweed or lamb's-quarters

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fat hen - European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherballgood, Chenopodium bonus-henricus, good-king-henry, wild spinachwild spinach - leafy greens collected from the wild and used as a substitute for spinachgoosefoot - any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers