Phrase guide

Good King Henry

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A goosefoot of species Blitum bonus-henricus (syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus), native to Britain and much of Europe, cultivated as a vegetable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Lincolnshire spinach, mercury, poor man's asparagus, markery, English mercury, allgood

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: горчи́в ла́пад (gorčív lápad) — species of goosefoot
  • Bulgarian: див ла́пад (div lápad) — species of goosefoot
  • Catalan: sarrons — species of goosefoot
  • Estonian: tervelehine hanemalts — species of goosefoot
  • Finnish: hyvänheikinsavikka — species of goosefoot
  • German: Guter Heinrich — species of goosefoot
  • Icelandic: hinriksnjóli — species of goosefoot
  • Polish: komosa strzałkowata — species of goosefoot
  • Russian: марь цельноли́стная (marʹ celʹnolístnaja) — species of goosefoot
  • Spanish: zurrón — species of goosefoot
  • Swedish: lungrot — species of goosefoot
  • Welsh: llysiau'r gwrda — species of goosefoot