hen and chicken

Etymology
From the growth habit of the plant: a larger, older plant surrounded by smaller, younger suckers.

Noun

 * 1) Any of several groups of plants of similar appearance:
 * 2) certain succulents in family :
 * 3)  and  spp., commonly called hen and chicks.
 * 4)  spp.
 * 5)  spp., stonecrops.
 * , spider plant, a commonly cultivated houseplant in family Asparagaceae.
 * , a non-succulent Asian plant genus in family.
 * 1) , of New Zealand.