Henbit
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Henbit is a noun meaning An annual herb, of species Lamium amplexicaule, with pink or purple flowers and deeply crenate leaves.
Meaning
An annual herb, of species Lamium amplexicaule, with pink or purple flowers and deeply crenate leaves.
More Meanings
- (by extension) Other species of plant that resemble L. amplexicaule, especially related species of deadnettle in the genus Lamium.
Example Sentences
Henbit typically sprouts in fall, after the soil has been cultivated following the removal of summer plants. It grows well in partial shade or full sun and is considered an indicator of rich, moisture-holding soil.
The fourth kind (called of the base Almaignes Hoenderbeet) that is to say, Henbit, hath many round and hairie stems. The leaves be somewhat round, hairie, and a little snipt or jagged about the edges, otherwise not much unlike the leaves of great Chickweede. The floures be blew or purple, and do bring foorth^([sic]) small close knappes or huskes, in which is inclosed the seede.
Word Forms
- henbits
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hillwort, bleeding heart, laceflower, pennywort, hen's-foot, bullwort.
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