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goosefoot family — noun includes spinach and beets • Syn: ↑Chenopodiaceae, ↑family Chenopodiaceae • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family • Hyponyms: ↑Beta, ↑genus Beta … Useful english dictionary
goosefoot family — goose′foot fam ily n. pln a plant family, Chenopodiaceae, of shrubs and nonwoody plants with simple leaves, small petalless flowers, and tiny, dry fruit … From formal English to slang
goosefoot — [go͞os′foot΄] adj. designating a family (Chenopodiaceae, order Caryophyllales) of dicotyledonous plants, including spinach and beets n. pl. goosefoots any of a genus (Chenopodium) of weedy plants of the goosefoot family, with small green flowers… … English World dictionary
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
family Chenopodiaceae — noun includes spinach and beets • Syn: ↑Chenopodiaceae, ↑goosefoot family • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family • Hyponyms: ↑Beta, ↑genus Beta … Useful english dictionary
goosefoot — /goohs foot /, n., pl. goosefoots. any of numerous, often weedy plants of the genus Chenopodium, having inconspicuous greenish flowers. [1540 50; GOOSE + FOOT] * * * ▪ plant any of several salt tolerant plant species belonging to the genus… … Universalium
goosefoot — n. type of weed, family of plants that produce small green flowers … English contemporary dictionary
goosefoot — /ˈgusfʊt/ (say goohsfoot) noun (plural goosefoots) 1. any plant of the genus Chenopodium, containing many widely distributed herbs and shrubs with minute green flowers. 2. any member of the family Chenopodiaceae …
caryophylloid dicot family — noun family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Hyponyms: ↑Caryophyllaceae, ↑family Caryophyllaceae, ↑carnation family, ↑pink family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
List of Canadian plants by family C — Main page: List of Canadian plants by familyFamilies: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I J K | L | M | N | O | P Q | R | S | T | U V W | X Y Z Cabombaceae * Brasenia schreberi watershield Cactaceae * Escobaria vivipara foxtail pincushion cactus *… … Wikipedia
