1873. A. Trollope, `Australia and New Zealand,' vol. ii. p. 184:
"[Adelaide] has also been nicknamed the Farinaceous City. A little gentle ridicule is no doubt intended to be conveyed by the word."
<hw>Fat-cake</hw>, <i>n.</i> ridiculous name sometimes applied to <i>Eucalyptus leucoxylon</i>, F. v. M., according to Maiden (`Useful Native Plants,' p. 471).
<hw>Fat-hen</hw>, <i>n.</i> a kind of wild spinach. In England the name is applied to various plants of thick foliage.
1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,' p. 40:
"The fat-hen (Atriplex) . . ."
1872. C. H. Eden, `My Wife and I in Queensland,' p. 120:
"Another wild vegetable brew in the sandy beds of the rivers and creeks, called `fat-hen.' It was exactly like spinach, and not only most agreeable but also an excellent anti-scorbutic, a useful property, for scurvy is not an unknown thing in the bush by any means."
1881. A.C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 156:
"Boiled salt junk, with <i>fat-hen</i> (a kind of indigenous spinach)."