Good King Henry
See also: good-king-henry
English
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editEtymology
edit1640; alteration (influenced by the name of Henry VII (1457–1509), King of England) of Good-Henry[1] (1578), from the name Henry.[2]
Noun
edit- A goosefoot of species Blitum bonus-henricus (syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus), native to Britain and much of Europe, cultivated as a vegetable.
- Synonyms: Lincolnshire spinach, mercury, poor man's asparagus, markery, English mercury, allgood
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editspecies of goosefoot
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References
edit- ^ “Good-King-Henry”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “Good-Henry”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading
edit- Blitum bonus-henricus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Blitum bonus-henricus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Blitum bonus-henricus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons