goosefoot

/ˌgusˈfʊt/

Other forms: goosefoots

Definitions of goosefoot

1. noun

   any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers
   types:

   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