goosefoot

goose·foot  (gsft)

n. pl. goose·foots

Any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium, having small greenish flowers. Also called pigweed.

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[From the shape of its leaves.]

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goosefoot [ˈguːsˌfʊt]

n pl -foots

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any typically weedy chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Chenopodium, having small greenish flowers and leaves shaped like a goose's foot See also Good King Henry, fat hen

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goosefoot - any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers Chenopodium, genus Chenopodium - goosefoot; pigweed Chenopodium album, lamb's-quarters, pigweed, wild spinach - common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb American wormseed, Chenopodium ambrosioides, Spanish tea, wormseed, Mexican tea - rank-smelling tropical American pigweed allgood, Chenopodium bonus-henricus, fat hen, good-king-henry, wild spinach - European plant naturalized in North America; often collected from the wild as a potherb Atriplex mexicana, Chenopodium botrys, feather geranium, Jerusalem oak, Mexican tea - Eurasian aromatic oak-leaved goosefoot with many yellow-green flowers; naturalized North America Chenopodium capitatum, strawberry blite, strawberry pigweed, Indian paint - European annual with clusters of greenish flowers followed by red pulpy berrylike fruit; naturalized North America Chenopodium glaucum, oak-leaved goosefoot, oakleaf goosefoot - annual European plant with spikes of greenish flowers and leaves that are white and hairy on the underside; common as a weed in North America Chenopodium hybridum, sowbane, red goosefoot - herb considered fatal to swine Chenopodium murale, nettle-leaved goosefoot, nettleleaf goosefoot - European annual with coarsely dentate leaves; widespread in United States and southern Canada Chenopodium rubrum, French spinach, red goosefoot - common Eurasian weed; naturalized in United States Chenopodium vulvaria, stinking goosefoot - European goosefoot with strong-scented foliage; adventive in eastern North America herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests