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Goosefoot

//ˈɡuːsfʊt// noun

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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.

Etymology

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

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