chenopod

chenopod
/kee"neuh pod', ken"euh-/, n.
any plant of the goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae.
[1545-55; < Gk cheno- (comb. form of chén GOOSE) + -POD; cf. NL Chenopodium genus name]

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