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Fat hen   /fæt hɛn/   Listen
Fat hen

noun
1.
European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb.  Synonyms: allgood, Chenopodium bonus-henricus, good-king-henry, wild spinach.






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"Fat hen" Quotes from Famous Books



... interprets the fact as a cunning trick on the part of the fox to destroy his enemy! A captive fox, held to his kennel by a long chain, was seen to pick up an ear of corn that had fallen from a passing load, chew it up, scattering the kernels about, and then retire into his kennel. Presently a fat hen, attracted by the corn, approached the hidden fox, whereupon he rushed out and seized her. This was a shrewd trick on the part of the fox to capture a hen for his dinner! In this, and in the foregoing cases, the observer supplies something from his own mind. That is what he or she would ...
— Ways of Nature • John Burroughs



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