henbit
Plural: henbits
Noun
- A common perennial herb in the mint family.
- Eurasian plant having toothed leaves and small two-lipped white or purplish-red flowers
- An annual herb, of species Lamium amplexicaule, with pink or purple flowers and deeply crenate leaves.
- Other species of plant that resemble L. amplexicaule, especially related species of deadnettle in the genus Lamium.
Examples
- HENBIT might be short, but it hooked perfectly onto another word for extra points.
Origin / Etymology
First attested in 1578. Calque of Dutch hoenderbeet; by surface analysis, hen + bit (past participle of bite; bitten).
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.
Synonyms
Lamium amplexicaule, common henbit, greater henbit, henbit deadnettle
Scrabble Score: 11
henbit: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhenbit: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
henbit: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary