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hen and chicken

hen and chicken noun: sempervivum and Jovibarba spp., commonly called hen and chicks.

Noun

hen and chicken (plural hen and chickens or hens and chickens)

  1. Sempervivum and Jovibarba spp., commonly called hen and chicks.
  2. Echeveria spp.
  3. Sedum spp., stonecrops.
  4. Chlorophytum comosum, spider plant, a commonly cultivated houseplant in family Asparagaceae.
  5. Bergenia, a non-succulent Asian plant genus in family Saxifragaceae.
  6. Asplenium bulbiferum (hen and chicken fern), of New Zealand.

Forms of hen and chicken

pluralhen and chickens
pluralhens and chickens

Origin of hen and chicken

From the growth habit of the plant: a larger, older plant surrounded by smaller, younger suckers.

Questions about hen and chicken

What does hen and chicken mean?
Hen and chicken means sempervivum and Jovibarba spp., commonly called hen and chicks.
What part of speech is hen and chicken?
Hen and chicken is a noun.
What is the plural of hen and chicken?
The plural of hen and chicken is hen and chickens.

Words near hen and chicken in the dictionary

  1. Hemsworths
  2. hemusite
  3. Hemvati
  4. Hemyock
  5. hen
  6. hen and chicken
  7. Hen and Chicken Islands
  8. hen and chickens
  9. hen and chicks
  10. hen clam
  11. hen do

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