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fathen

fathen is the alternative form of fat hen.

Meaning of fat hen

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)

Questions about fathen

What is fathen the alternative form of?
Fathen is the alternative form of fat hen.

Words near fathen in the dictionary

  1. fathead minnows
  2. fatheaded
  3. fatheadedly
  4. fatheadedness
  5. fatheads
  6. fathen
  7. father
  8. Father Amir
  9. Father Charles goes down and ends battle
  10. Father Christmas
  11. Father Christmases

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