English Chenopodium album. Hockheim, Germany Alternative forms fathen Noun fat hen (uncountable) Hen and chicks, a group of small succulent flowering plants native to Europe and northern Africa Thin-leaf orach (Atriplex prostrata). (UK) White goosefoot (Chenopodium album), a fast-growing weedy annual plant cultivated in some places and a weed elsewhere. (UK) Other species, such as Good King Henry (Blitum bonus-henricus) Translations a plant of the genus Chenopodium French: chénopode blanc (fr) m Maori: huainanga References “fat hen”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. fat hen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Anagrams NATFHE Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.