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Definition of Goosefoot
1. Noun. Any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers.
Specialized synonyms: Chenopodium Album, Lamb's-quarters, Pigweed, Wild Spinach, American Wormseed, Chenopodium Ambrosioides, Mexican Tea, Spanish Tea, Wormseed, Allgood, Chenopodium Bonus-henricus, Fat Hen, Good-king-henry, Wild Spinach, Atriplex Mexicana, Chenopodium Botrys, Feather Geranium, Jerusalem Oak, Mexican Tea, Chenopodium Capitatum, Indian Paint, Strawberry Blite, Strawberry Pigweed, Chenopodium Glaucum, Oak-leaved Goosefoot, Oakleaf Goosefoot, Chenopodium Hybridum, Red Goosefoot, Sowbane, Chenopodium Murale, Nettle-leaved Goosefoot, Nettleleaf Goosefoot, Chenopodium Rubrum, French Spinach, Red Goosefoot, Chenopodium Vulvaria, Stinking Goosefoot
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Definition of Goosefoot
1. n. A genus of herbs (Chenopodium) mostly annual weeds; pigweed.
Definition of Goosefoot
1. Noun. Any of many flowering plants, of the subfamily ''Chenopodioideae'', having small greenish flowers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Goosefoot
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Literary usage of Goosefoot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"Maple-leaved goosefoot. Rubbish, kitchen gardens, and corn fields. ... Oak-leafed
goosefoot. On rubbish. A. Aug. murale. C. Leaves egg-shaped, shining, ..."
2. The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All by Cuthbert William Johnson (1844)
"The maple- leaved goosefoot, call for no observation. ... Ten or twelve species
of goosefoot have been found in America, six of which Dr. Darlington has ..."
3. Nantucket Wild Flowers by Alice Owen Albertson (1921)
"E goosefoot FAMILY Chenopodium album, L. White Lamb's Quarters, ... Chenopodium:
from Greek meaning a goosefoot, in allusion to the shape of the leaves. ..."
4. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1880)
"The stinking goosefoot.—The peculiar strong-smelling compound contained in this
plant exists also in putrid fish ; economical use of it in the cuisine. ..."
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