goosefoot
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of translingual Chenopodium, from Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn, “goose”) + πούς (poús, “foot”) + Latin -ium.
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Noun[edit]
goosefoot (plural goosefoots)
- Any of many flowering plants, of the subfamily Chenopodioideae, having small greenish flowers.
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Translations[edit]
flowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
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References[edit]
- “goosefoot”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “goosefoot”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ǵʰh₂éns
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped-
- English terms calqued from Translingual
- English terms derived from Translingual
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Goosefoot subfamily plants