henbit

== English == === Etymology === Calque of Dutch hoenderbeet. By surface analysis, hen +‎ bit (past participle of bite; bitten). First attested in 1578. Cognate with Middle Low German hennebit and German Hühnerbiss; all likely derived from Medieval Latin Morsus gallinae, the ancestor of Italian mordigallina, French morgeline and obsolete English margeline. See also chickweed. === Noun === henbit (plural henbits) An annual herb, of species Lamium amplexicaule, with pink or purple flowers and deeply crenate leaves. Synonyms: henbit deadnettle, common henbit, greater henbit (by extension) Other species of plant that resemble L. amplexicaule, especially related species of deadnettle in the genus Lamium. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === henbit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Lamium amplexicaule on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Lamium amplexicaule on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Lamium amplexicaule on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons