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fat hen

fat hen noun: hen and chicks, a group of small succulent flowering plants native to Europe and northern Africa.

fat hen: hen and chicks, a group of small succulent flowering plants native to Europe and northern Africa
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Noun

fat hen (uncountable)

  1. Hen and chicks, a group of small succulent flowering plants native to Europe and northern Africa
  2. Thin-leaf orach (Atriplex prostrata).
  3. (UK) White goosefoot (Chenopodium album), a fast-growing weedy annual plant cultivated in some places and a weed elsewhere.
  4. (UK) Other species, such as Good King Henry (Blitum bonus-henricus)

Forms of fat hen

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Questions about fat hen

What does fat hen mean?
Fat hen means hen and chicks, a group of small succulent flowering plants native to Europe and northern Africa.
What part of speech is fat hen?
Fat hen is a noun.

Words near fat hen in the dictionary

  1. fat fingers
  2. fat free
  3. Fat Frog
  4. fat fuck
  5. fat fucks
  6. fat hen
  7. fat innkeeper
  8. fat innkeepers
  9. fat is flavor
  10. fat is flavour
  11. fat knot

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