hen and chicks

noun

especially, Sempervivum (houseleeks, syn. Jovibarba) spp.

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Meanings

nounhen and chicks (uncountable)
  1. Succulent plants with smaller buds on the outside which later produce their own roots, of family Crassulaceae:
    1. uncountableespecially, Sempervivum (houseleeks, syn. Jovibarba) spp.
    2. uncountableOther plants of genera Echeveria, Sedum, and Bergenia.
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