HENBIT Meaning of HENBIT in English [ 'hɛnbɪt ]■ noun a dead-nettle with purple flowers and partly prostrate stems. [ Lamium amplexicaule .]OriginC16: appar. a translation of Low Ger. or Du. hoenderbeet 'hen's bed'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004