| 释义 |
fat-hen|ˈfætˌhɛn|
A name for certain plants of the Goosefoot tribe, Chenopodium Bonus-Henricus and Atriplex patula. Also, in Australia, applied to various species of Chenopodium and Atriplex which are eaten as vegetables.
1795Trans. Soc. Encourag. Arts XIII. 204 Chickweed, fumitory, fat-hen, and persicaria. 1847Leichhardt Jrnl. ii. 40 The fat-hen..grew abundantly on the reedy flats. 1853G. Johnston Nat. Hist. E. Bord. 172 Atriplex patula, Fat Hen. 1863in Prior Pop. Names Brit. Plants (1879) 75. 1880 Blackw. Mag. Feb. 182 Fathen [pr. falhen] (a kind of indigenous spinach). 1889Mrs. Campbell Praed Romance of a Station 46 To gather fat-hen, to do duty as cabbage. |