Definition of Good-king-henry

1. Noun. European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb.

Exact synonyms: Allgood, Chenopodium Bonus-henricus, Fat Hen, Wild Spinach
Terms within: Wild Spinach
Generic synonyms: Goosefoot

Definition of Good-king-henry

1. Noun. alternative spelling of the plant Good King Henry ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Good-king-henry

good-bye
good-byes
good-den
good-faith
good-fellowship
good-for-naught
good-for-nothing
good-for-nothings
good-hearted
good-heartedly
good-heartedness
good-humored
good-humoredly
good-humoredness
good-humoured
good-king-henry (current term)
good-looking
good-lookingness
good-natured
good-naturedly
good-naturedness
good-neighborliness
good-neighbourliness
good-sized
good-tempered
good-temperedness
good-time
good-time Charlie
good God

Literary usage of Good-king-henry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Plays of William Shakspeare: Accurately Printed from the Text of the by William Shakespeare, George Steevens (1811)
"The action of this play (which was at first printed under this title, The True Tragedy of Richard duke of York, and the good King Henry the Sixth ; or ..."

2. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"The true Tragédie of Richard Duke of Yorke, and the Death of good King Henry the -Sixt, with the whole Contention betweene the two House» Lancaster and ..."

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