goosefoot

goosefoot [goos-foo t] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural goose·foots.

1. any of numerous, often weedy plants of the genus Chenopodium, having inconspicuous greenish flowers.

Origin of goosefoot First recorded in 1540–50; goose + foot Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for goosefoot Historical Examples of goosefoot

Scurf, Scurfiness, minute scales on the surface of many leaves, as of Goosefoot.

The Elements of Botany

Asa Gray

It feeds in the autumn on the flowers and seeds of various kinds of goosefoot (Chenopodium), also on Orache (Atriplex).

The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series

Richard South

But the first thing that stopped Moss was the glowing front of a pawnshop, near the head of Goosefoot Lane.

McClure’s Magazine, Vol. XXXI, September 1908, No. 5

Various

Going south again he came to a low mesa, to a place called Yelak-īmi, “goosefoot.”

Seven Mohave Myths

A. L. Kroeber

British Dictionary definitions for goosefoot goosefoot noun plural -foots

1. any typically weedy chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Chenopodium, having small greenish flowers and leaves shaped like a goose’s footSee also Good King Henry, fat hen

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