Good King Henry

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See also: good-king-henry

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1640; alteration (influenced by the name of Henry VII (1457–1509), King of England) of Good-Henry[1] (1578), from the name Henry.[2]

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Good King Henry (uncountable)

  1. A goosefoot of species Blitum bonus-henricus (syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus), native to Britain and much of Europe, cultivated as a vegetable.
    Synonyms: Lincolnshire spinach, mercury, poor man's asparagus, markery, English mercury, allgood

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  1. ^ “Good-King-Henry”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ “Good-Henry”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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