Good King Henry

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Good King Henry

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

noun good-king-henry

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

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noun species of goosefoot

Español	zurrón
Deutsch	Guter Heinrich
Русский	марь цельноли́стная marʹ celʹnolístnaja

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@misc{good_king_henry_2026,
  title = {Good King Henry},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/good%20king%20henry},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}