English Explanatory Dictionary

hen and chicken

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance:
  2. certain succulents in family Crassulaceae:
  3. Sempervivum and Jovibarba spp., commonly called hen and chicks.
  4. Echeveria spp.
  5. Sedum spp., stonecrops.
  6. Chlorophytum comosum, spider plant, a commonly cultivated houseplant in family Asparagaceae.
  7. Bergenia, a non-succulent Asian plant genus in family Saxifragaceae.
  8. Asplenium bulbiferum (hen and chicken fern), of New Zealand.

Word forms

hen and chicken hen and chickens hens and chickens

Etymology

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

Related words

hen and chicks
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