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lamb's-quarters

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lamb's-quarters
n pl lamb's-quarters
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a US name for fat hen
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Noun1.lamb's-quarterslamb's-quarters - common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb
Chenopodium album, pigweed, wild spinach
lamb's-quarter, pigweed, wild spinach - leaves collected from the wild
wild spinach - leafy greens collected from the wild and used as a substitute for spinach
goosefoot - any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers


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We have feasted not only on blackberries but also on huckleberries, plums, apples, lamb's-quarters, and dandelions.
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I picked lamb's-quarters and she ignored it," Duchon recalls.
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