henbit
hen·bit
noun
Origin
Calque of Dutch hoenderbeet. By surface analysis, hen + bit (past participle of bite; bitten). First attested in 1578. Cognate with Middle Low German hennebit and German Hühnerbiss; all likely derived from Medieval Latin Morsus gallinae, the ancestor of Italian mordigallina, French morgeline and obsolete English margeline. See also chickweed.
Phrases
- common henbit
- garden henbit
- greater henbit
- red henbit
- small henbit
- spotted henbit
- white henbit
- yellow henbit
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