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Definition of Genus Chenopodium
1. Noun. Goosefoot; pigweed.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Chenopodiaceae, Family Chenopodiaceae, Goosefoot Family
Member holonyms: Goosefoot
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Chenopodium
Literary usage of Genus Chenopodium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Agricultural Botany, Theoretical and Practical by John Percival (1913)
"The genus Chenopodium includes a number of annual species widely distributed on
waste ground, and often prevalent as weeds upon well-manured arable land ..."
2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1805)
"If something be thus gained in accuracy, more, perhaps, is lost in point of
convenience ; the kindred genus Chenopodium being thus removed to an embarassing ..."
3. A Dictionary of Medical Terminology, Dental Surgery, and the Collateral Sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris (1855)
"A swelling of the knee. GOOSE'BERRY. The fruit of a shrub, and the shrub itself,
the Ribes grossularia. GOOSE-FOOT. A plant of the genus Chenopodium. ..."
4. An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany by James Edward Smith (1814)
"48, triangular, having three prominent angles, without any reference tq their t,
measurement or direction, as in the genus Chenopodium, Cochlearia danica, ..."
5. Catalogue of Plants in the Two Metropolitan Gardens, the Brisbane Botanic by Frederick Manson Bailey (1885)
"Add to genus Chenopodium— Quinoa, Willd.; her. per.; Chili. A. For " Holly-herb "
read " Holy-herb." Add to genus Cinnamomum— Tamala, Nees.; tr.; ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[Local, New England.] goosefoot (gos'fut), н. 1. A plant of some species of the
genus Chenopodium : so called from the shape of the leaves.— 2. ..."
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