A perennial shrub, Petiveria alliacea, growing in tropical areas of Africa, South and Central America and the Caribbean, used to treat a large variety of medical conditions.

(informal) The state of Delaware.

(simile) Synonym of rare as hen's teeth

(simile) extremely uncommon

plural of blue hen-hawk

(US) A young broiler chicken (not an actual game bird, nor necessarily female) sold whole.

(US, colloquial, simile) Very angry; furious.

(US, colloquial, simile) Thoroughly miserable or dejected.

(US, colloquial, simile) Synonym of mad as a wet hen (“very angry”)

(US, colloquial, simile) Synonym of mad as a wet hen (“very angry”)