Search Result for "chenopodium_album":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb;
[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]