Definition of Chenopodium ambrosioides

1. Noun. Rank-smelling tropical American pigweed.

Exact synonyms: American Wormseed, Mexican Tea, Spanish Tea, Wormseed
Generic synonyms: Goosefoot

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chenopodium Ambrosioides

Chemakum
Chemical Mace
Chemical Weapons Convention
Chemnitz
Chemulpo
Chen
Chen N. Yang
Chen caerulescens
Cheney syndrome
Chengdu
Chengtu
Chenin blanc
Chennai
Chenopodiales
Chenopodium album
Chenopodium ambrosioides (current term)
Chenopodium bonus-henricus
Chenopodium botrys
Chenopodium capitatum
Chenopodium glaucum
Chenopodium hybridum
Chenopodium murale
Chenopodium rubrum
Chenoua
Cher
Cherbourg
Cheremis
Cheremiss
Cherenkov effect

Literary usage of Chenopodium ambrosioides

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Textbook of Pharmacology and Therapeutics by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1903)
"One of the volatile oil series which is frequently used as an anthelmintic is that obtained from Chenopodium ambrosioides or American worm-seed. ..."

2. Zoe: A Biological Journal by Townshend Stith Brandegee, Katharine Layne Brandegee (1891)
"It has a deep perennial, fleshy root much like that of Chenopodium ambrosioides, with which it has perhaps been confounded by collectors. 425. ..."

3. The Chemistry and Analysis of Drugs and Medicines by Henry Corbin Fuller (1920)
"The drag American wormseed is the fruit of Chenopodium ambrosioides ... Chenopodium ambrosioides American Wormseed syn. ..."

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