hen and chicken noun8 •Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance. •certain succulents in family Crassulaceae. •Sempervivum and Jovibarba spp., commonly called hen and chicks. •Echeveria spp. •Sedum spp., stonecrops. •Chlorophytum comosum, spider plant, a commonly cultivated houseplant in family Asparagaceae. •Bergenia, a non-succulent Asian plant genus in family Saxifragaceae. •Asplenium bulbiferum (hen and chicken fern), of New Zealand. formshen and chickens · hens and chickens