Good King Henry
Meaning
Noun
- A species of goosefoot, Chenopodium bonus-henricus (species), native to Britain and much of Europe, cultivated as a vegetable.
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Origin
- 1640; alteration (influenced by the name of Henry VII (1457–1509), King of England) of Good-Henry (1578), from the name Henry.
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