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goosefoot

DEFINITIONS OF: goosefoot

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n any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers

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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, Mexican tea, Spanish tea, wormseed
rank-smelling tropical American pigweed
Chenopodium bonus-henricus, allgood, 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, Jerusalem oak, Mexican tea, feather geranium
Eurasian aromatic oak-leaved goosefoot with many yellow-green flowers; naturalized North America
Chenopodium capitatum, Indian paint, strawberry blite, strawberry pigweed
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, red goosefoot, sowbane
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
Type of:
herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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