GOOD-KING-HENRY


Meaning of GOOD-KING-HENRY in English

|gu̇dˌkiŋˈhenrē noun

Usage: usually capitalized G&K&H

Etymology: alteration (influenced by the name of Henry VII died 1509 king of England) of Good-Henry

: a European plant ( Chenopodium bonus-henricus ) naturalized in No. America and formerly cultivated and often collected from the wild as a potherb

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