n. Any of many flowering plants, of the subfamily Chenopodioideae, having small greenish flowers.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A genus of herbs (Chenopodium) mostly annual weeds; pigweed.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A plant of some species of the genus Chenopodium: so called from the shape of the leaves.
n. The formation of the facial nerve in spreading into a leash of nerves in three principal divisions after its exit from the stylomastoid foramen: translating the technical term pes anserinus
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n. any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers
Word Usage
"Beyond the marsh, well-drained slopes with gullies and cut banks offered protected crannies for forbs such as goosefoot, nettles, and mats of hairy-leaved, mouse-eared chickweed with small white flowers."