hen and chicken

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance:; certain succulents in family Crassulaceae:; Sempervivum and Jovibarba spp., commonly called hen and chicks.
  2. Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance:; certain succulents in family Crassulaceae:; Echeveria spp.
  3. Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance:; certain succulents in family Crassulaceae:; Sedum spp., stonecrops.
  4. Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance:; Chlorophytum comosum, spider plant, a commonly cultivated houseplant in family Asparagaceae.
  5. Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance:; Bergenia, a non-succulent Asian plant genus in family Saxifragaceae.
  6. Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance:; Asplenium bulbiferum (hen and chicken fern), of New Zealand.

词形变化

词源

From the growth habit of the plant: a larger, older plant surrounded by smaller, younger suckers.
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