goosefoot family — the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian… … Universalium
goosefoot family — goose′foot fam ily n. pln a plant family, Chenopodiaceae, of shrubs and nonwoody plants with simple leaves, small petalless flowers, and tiny, dry fruit … From formal English to slang
goosefoot — [go͞os′foot΄] adj. designating a family (Chenopodiaceae, order Caryophyllales) of dicotyledonous plants, including spinach and beets n. pl. goosefoots any of a genus (Chenopodium) of weedy plants of the goosefoot family, with small green flowers… … English World dictionary
goosefoot — noun (plural goosefoots) Date: 1548 any of a genus (Chenopodium) or family (Chenopodiaceae, the goosefoot family) of glabrous herbs with fruit that is a utricle … New Collegiate Dictionary
family Chenopodiaceae — noun includes spinach and beets • Syn: ↑Chenopodiaceae, ↑goosefoot family • Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family • Hyponyms: ↑Beta, ↑genus Beta … Useful english dictionary
goosefoot — /goohs foot /, n., pl. goosefoots. any of numerous, often weedy plants of the genus Chenopodium, having inconspicuous greenish flowers. [1540 50; GOOSE + FOOT] * * * ▪ plant any of several salt tolerant plant species belonging to the genus… … Universalium
goosefoot — n. type of weed, family of plants that produce small green flowers … English contemporary dictionary
goosefoot — /ˈgusfʊt/ (say goohsfoot) noun (plural goosefoots) 1. any plant of the genus Chenopodium, containing many widely distributed herbs and shrubs with minute green flowers. 2. any member of the family Chenopodiaceae …
caryophylloid dicot family — noun family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Hyponyms: ↑Caryophyllaceae, ↑family Caryophyllaceae, ↑carnation family, ↑pink family, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
List of Canadian plants by family C — Main page: List of Canadian plants by familyFamilies: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I J K | L | M | N | O | P Q | R | S | T | U V W | X Y Z Cabombaceae * Brasenia schreberi watershield Cactaceae * Escobaria vivipara foxtail pincushion cactus *… … Wikipedia
