Good King Henry

good-king-henry English thumb Alternative forms en good-king-henry Etymology 1640; alteration (influenced by the name of Henry VII (1457–1509), King of England) of en Good-HenryGood-King-Henry (1578), from the name en Henry.Good-Henry Noun - Good King Henry A goosefoot of species Blitum bonus-henricus species (syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus species), native to Britain and much of Europe, cultivated as a vegetable. en Lincolnshire spinach mercury poor man's asparagus markery English mercury allgood Hypernyms en goosefoot Coordinate terms Chenopodium album species (white goosefoot, fat hen) Translations species of goosefoot Bulgarian: bg горчи́в ла́пад m, bg див ла́пад m Catalan: ca sarrons m-p Estonian: et tervelehine hanemalts Finnish: fi hyvänheikinsavikka German: de Guter Heinrich m Icelandic: is hinriksnjóli m Polish: pl komosa strzałkowata f Russian: ru марь цельноли́стная f Spanish: es zurrón m Swedish: sv lungrot c Welsh: cy llysiau'r gwrda f-p References Further reading Blitum bonus-henricus 1 Blitum bonus-henricus 1 Blitum bonus-henricus 1 en eponyms en Goosefoot subfamily plants Vegetables