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Definition of Goosefoot family
1. Noun. Includes spinach and beets.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Family
Group relationships: Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, Order Caryophyllales, Order-chenopodiales
Member holonyms: Chenopodium, Genus Chenopodium, Atriplex, Genus Atriplex, Bassia, Genus Bassia, Genus Kochia, Kochia, Cycloloma, Genus Cycloloma, Genus Halogeton, Genus Salicornia, Salicornia, Genus Salsola, Salsola, Genus Sarcobatus, Sarcobatus, Genus Spinacia, Spinacia
Specialized synonyms: Beta, Genus Beta
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goosefoot Family
Literary usage of Goosefoot family
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"(GoosEFOOT FAMILY.) Herbs or shrubs, often succulent or scurfy, usually witb
simple and alternate leaves, without stipules; the small aiid sessile commonly ..."
2. Field, Forest, and Garden Botany: A Simple Introduction to the Common Plants by Asa Gray (1895)
"... goosefoot family. Represented chiefly by homely herbs, with inconspicuous
greenish flowers with no dry bracts. The 1-celled ovary has a single ovule and ..."
3. Manual of the Botany (Phaenogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"(goosefoot family.) Herbs or shrubs, often succulent or scurfy, usually with
simple and alternate leaves, without stipules ..."
4. Manual of the Botany (Phaenogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"(goosefoot family.) Herbs or shrubs, often succulent or scurfy, usually with
simple and alternate leaves, without stipules ; the small aud sessile ..."
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