Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various plants of the family Chenopodiaceae, which includes spinach, beets, and the goosefoots.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A plant of the order Chenopodiaceæ.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any member of the family Chenopodioideae; the goosefoots

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From New Latin Chēnopodiāceae, family name, from Chēnopodium, type genus : Greek khēn, goose; see ghans- in Indo-European roots + Greek podion, diminutive of pous, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]

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Examples

  • Samphire, a sparse low chenopod shrubland, occurs on tidal salt flats, typically of fine clay, between mangroves and the supratidal fringe.

    Kakadu National Park, Australia 2008

  • To the south the region can be distinguished from the chenopod shrublands and grasslands of the Tirari-Stuart Stony Desert.

    Simpson desert 2008

  • The ecoregion is a transition between wetter sclerophyll woodlands to the east and south, and the arid chenopod shrublands and woodlands to the north.

    Murray-Darling woodlands and mallee 2007

  • Away from the water's edge understories include Acacia, Eremophila, and Melaleuca spp., with chenopod shrubs towards the drier margins.

    Murray-Darling woodlands and mallee 2007

  • The habitat types within these reserves range from eucalypt woodland, chenopod shrubland, bluebush, lancewood, gidgee, and grasslands to Acacia woodlands.

    Mitchell grass downs 2007

  • This region lies between the higher rainfall sclerophyll woodlands to the east and south, and the arid chenopod woodlands and shrublands north of the Murray and Darling Rivers.

    Murray-Darling woodlands and mallee 2007

  • Stony areas of outwash from these mesas support chenopod scrublands.

    Mitchell grass downs 2007

  • Along with sumpweed, chenopod, and sunflower, squash found in samples throughout the east proved older than the Bat Cave corn.

    North America's Vast Legacy 1999

  • Buckwheat (_úgal_, _trúmba_, _dráwí_), amaranth (_chauláí_, _ganhár_, _sariára_), and a tall chenopod (_bathu_) are grown in the mountain zone.

    The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894

  • Quinoa, domesticated thousands of years ago on Bolivia's arid high mountain plains and now often misrepresented as a grain, is actually a chenopod, related to species like beets and spinach.

    NYT > Home Page By SIMON ROMERO 2011

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  • geesefeet and/or goosefoot?

    He neat fleet geese? (How now brown cow) ?!

    July 30, 2009