henbits

Noun

henbit (plural henbits)

1. An annual herb, of species Lamium amplexicaule, with pink or purple flowers and deeply crenate leaves.
   • The fourth kind (called of the base Almaignes Hoenderbeet) that is to say, Henbit, hath many round and hairie stems. The leaves be somewhat round, hairie, and a little snipt or jagged about the edges, otherwise not much unlike the leaves of great Chickweede. The floures be blew or purple, and do...1586, Henry Lyte, Rembert Dodoens, A new herball, or, Historie of plants : wherein is contained the whole discourse and perfect description of all sorts of herbes and plants […] , Ninian Newton, page...

   Synonyms:

   henbit deadnettle, common henbit, greater henbit

2. (broadly) Other species of plant that resemble L. amplexicaule, especially related species of deadnettle in the genus Lamium.