Chenopodium
- noun
- /kəˈnɒpədiəm/
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Chenopodium
- Some species of Chenopodium are cultivated for their edible seeds.
Examples
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The leaves of Chenopodium are often shaped like a goose's foot.
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We found wild Chenopodium growing along the edge of the field.
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The Chenopodium plant thrives in various climates.
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Did you know that Chenopodium can be used in salads?
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Some species of Chenopodium are cultivated for their edible seeds.
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The leaves of Chenopodium are often shaped like a goose's foot.
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We found wild Chenopodium growing along the edge of the field.
Compounds
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A common wild plant with soft green leaves you can cook and eat like spinach, also called lamb's quarters
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A herb with a strong smell used in Mexican cooking and traditional medicine
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A leafy green plant like spinach that grows for several years and is eaten as a vegetable
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A plant from Europe and Asia with a strong smell, oak-shaped leaves and many small yellow-green flowers
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A small plant that lives for one year with red berrylike fruit and edible leaves
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An annual plant often found as a weed with greenish flower spikes and white, hairy undersides to its leaves
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A small wild plant in the goosefoot family sometimes poisonous to pigs
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A small annual plant with rough toothed leaves that often grows as a weed near roads and fields
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A flowering plant called red goosefoot that grows wild in Europe, Asia, and North America
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Chenopodium comes from Greek parts cheno- ('goose') and -podion ('little foot'). The leaves often look like a goose's foot, so people call it 'goosefoot' and some kinds are eaten.
