goosefoot

[ goos-foot ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural goose·foots.

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

goosefoot

/ ˈɡuːsˌfʊt /

See fat hen, Good King Henry
any typically weedy chenopodiaceous plant of the genus Chenopodium, having small greenish flowers and leaves shaped like a goose's foot See also Good King Henry fat hen

First recorded in 1540–50; goose + foot

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

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

A variety of the Red Goosefoot (C. rubrum) is also found on the coast.

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

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

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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