英语词汇“fat hen”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fat hen

/fatˈhɛn

noun [mass noun]

A herbaceous plant with mealy edible leaves, often considered to be a weed.

Chenopodium alba, family Chenopodiaceae.

But the beauty of most edible plants - nettles, dandelions, alexanders, fat hen, sorrel - is that they are so prolific they are considered a nuisance....

Plants we now consider to be weeds, such as nettles, dock, fat hen and meadowsweet, regularly appeared on the Iron Age menu.
They also collected seagull eggs, fresh water lobster, whitebait, pipi, mussels, fat hen and watercress.

Origin

Late 18th century: said to be so named because the seeds were eaten by poultry.

单词	fat hen
释义	fat hen /fatˈhɛn / noun [mass noun] A herbaceous plant with mealy edible leaves, often considered to be a weed. Chenopodium alba, family Chenopodiaceae. But the beauty of most edible plants - nettles, dandelions, alexanders, fat hen, sorrel - is that they are so prolific they are considered a nuisance.... Plants we now consider to be weeds, such as nettles, dock, fat hen and meadowsweet, regularly appeared on the Iron Age menu. They also collected seagull eggs, fresh water lobster, whitebait, pipi, mussels, fat hen and watercress. Origin Late 18th century: said to be so named because the seeds were eaten by poultry.
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