goosefoot

goosefoot
/goohs"foot'/, n., pl. goosefoots.
any of numerous, often weedy plants of the genus Chenopodium, having inconspicuous greenish flowers.
[1540-50; GOOSE + FOOT]

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 any of several salt-tolerant plant species belonging to the genus Chenopodium, in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. There are about 100 species in the genus, which grows in temperate regions around the world. They are weedy, rank-smelling plants. Some of the species in the genus have leaves that resemble the foot of a goose. Good-King-Henry (C. bonus-henricus), sometimes called mercury, is a deep-rooted perennial with several stems and edible, spinach-like leaves. Feather geranium, or Jerusalem oak (C. botrys), has many clusters of small flowers and is occasionally cultivated in gardens. Pigweed, or lamb's quarters (C. album [see photograph—>]), is one of the most common weedy species.

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  • goosefoot — noun (plural goosefoots) Date: 1548 any of a genus (Chenopodium) or family (Chenopodiaceae, the goosefoot family) of glabrous herbs with fruit that is a utricle …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • goosefoot family — the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian… …   Universalium

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  • goosefoot — n. type of weed, family of plants that produce small green flowers …   English contemporary dictionary

  • goosefoot — noun (plural goosefoots) a plant with divided leaves which are said to resemble the foot of a goose. [Genus Chenopodium.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • goosefoot — goose•foot [[t]ˈgusˌfʊt[/t]] n. pl. foots pln any of numerous, often weedy plants of the genus Chenopodium, having inconspicuous greenish flowers • Etymology: 1540–50 …   From formal English to slang

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