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hens and chickens

hens 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.

Questions about hens and chickens

What is hens and chickens the plural of?
Hens and chickens is the plural of hen and chicken.

Words near hens and chickens in the dictionary

  1. henryite
  2. henrymeyerite
  3. henrys
  4. Henryson
  5. hens
  6. hens and chickens
  7. hens of the woods
  8. hens up
  9. hens' night
  10. hens' nights
  11. hens' teeth

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