Goosefoot Definition

go͝osfo͝ot
goosefoots
noun
Any of a genus (Chenopodium) of weedy plants of the goosefoot family, with small green flowers and, frequently, scurfy or fleshy foliage.
Webster's New World
adjective
Designating a family (Chenopodiaceae, order Caryophyllales) of dicotyledonous plants, including spinach and beets.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Goosefoot

Noun

Singular:
goosefoot
Plural:
goosefoots

Origin of Goosefoot

  • From the shape of its leaves

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • goose + foot

    From Wiktionary

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