hen and chicken (English, noun)
expansion: hen and chicken (plural hen and chickens or hens and chickens)
Senses:
glosses: Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance:
certain succulents in family Crassulaceae:
Sempervivum and Jovibarba spp., commonly called hen and chicks.
glosses: Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance:
certain succulents in family Crassulaceae:
Echeveria spp.
glosses: Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance:
certain succulents in family Crassulaceae:
Sedum spp., stonecrops.
glosses: Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance:
Chlorophytum comosum, spider plant, a commonly cultivated houseplant in family Asparagaceae.
glosses: Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance:
Bergenia, a non-succulent Asian plant genus in family Saxifragaceae.
glosses: Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance:
Asplenium bulbiferum (hen and chicken fern), of New Zealand.
Forms:
form: hen and chickens
tags: plural
form: hens and chickens
tags: plural