noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of many flowering plants, of the saltbush subfamily Chenopodioideae, having small greenish flowers, including spinach.
2. 2
   any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers wordnet
3. 3
   Any of species Syngonium podophyllum of plants cultivated as houseplants, native from Bolivia to Mexico, naturalized elsewhere.

Synonyms

All synonyms

pigweedpigweedwhite goosefoot

Etymology

Calque of translingual Chenopodium, from Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn, “goose”) + πούς (poús, “foot”) + Latin -ium.

Related phrases

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