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hen and chickens

hen and chickens is the plural of hen and chicken.

Meaning of hen and chicken

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.

Proper noun capitalized: Hen and Chickens

the Hen and Chickens

  1. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Hen and Chicken Islands.

Questions about hen and chickens

What is hen and chickens the plural of?
Hen and chickens is the plural of hen and chicken.
What part of speech is hen and chickens?
Hen and chickens is a proper noun.

Words near hen and chickens in the dictionary

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

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