hen-and-chickens


hen-and-chick·ens

(hĕn′ən-chĭk′ənz)n. pl. hens-and-chick·ens (hĕnz′-) Any of several plants producing runners or offshoots, especially rosette-forming succulents in the family Crassulaceae such as the houseleek.

hen-and-chickens

n, pl hens-and-chickens (Plants) (functioning as singular or plural) any of several plants, such as the houseleek and ground ivy, that produce many offsets or runners

hen′-and-chick′ens



n., pl. hens-and-chickens. any of several succulent plants of the stonecrop family, esp. of the genus Sempervivum, that grow in clusters formed by runners or offshoots. [1785–95]