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[syn: lamb's-quarters, pigweed, wild spinach, Chenopodium album]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Frost-blite \Frost`-blite"\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Atriplex; orache. --Gray.
(b) The lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium album). --Dr. Prior.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lamb's-quarters \Lamb's-quar"ters\, n. (Bot.)
A name given to several common weedy European plants of the
Goosefoot family, introduced into N. America, and sometimes
used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex
patulsa.
Note: It is sometimes collected from the wild and eaten as a
vegetable
Syn: lamb's quarters, pigweed, wild spinach, Chenopodium
album.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Chenopodium album
n 1: common weedy European plant introduced into North America;
often used as a potherb [syn: lamb's-quarters, pigweed,
wild spinach, Chenopodium album]