goosefoot family

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Noun

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goosefoot family - includes spinach and beets Chenopodiaceae, family Chenopodiaceae caryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers Caryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales - corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae Chenopodium, genus Chenopodium - goosefoot; pigweed Atriplex, genus Atriplex - orach; saltbush Bassia, genus Bassia, genus Kochia, Kochia - summer cypress genus Beta, Beta - beets Cycloloma, genus Cycloloma - a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae genus Halogeton - a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae genus Salicornia, Salicornia - glassworts genus Salsola, Salsola - chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs: saltworts genus Sarcobatus, Sarcobatus - one species: greasewood genus Spinacia, Spinacia - spinach