henbit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An annual herb, of species Lamium amplexicaule, with pink or purple flowers and deeply crenate leaves.
Other species of plant that resemble L. amplexicaule, especially related species of deadnettle in the genus Lamium.

Word forms

henbit henbits

Etymology

Calque of Dutch hoenderbeet. By surface analysis, hen + bit (past participle of bite; bitten). First attested in 1578. Cognate with Middle Low German hennebit and German Hühnerbiss; all likely derived from Medieval Latin Morsus gallinae, the ancestor of Italian mordigallina, French morgeline and obsolete English margeline. See also chickweed.

Synonyms

henbit deadnettle common henbit greater henbit

Derived words

common henbit garden henbit greater henbit red henbit small henbit spotted henbit white henbit yellow henbit

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