goosefoots

English

Noun

goosefoots

1. plural of goosefoot
   • 1905, Bernard B. Smyth, Physical properties of water, and its relation to tree growth, in Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (vol. XIX), p422

     For example, asparagus, the Russian thistle, the atriplexes, some of the goosefoots, and some of the grasses, such as Distichlis spicata, Spartina gracilis, and finetop salt-grass, thrive in a saline soil, where most other plants could not live.

   • 1996, Stephen L. Buchmann & Gary Paul Nabhan, The Forgotten Pollinators, page 29:

     The pioneering annuals on the beaches nearby are wind-pollinated, like the goosefoots and dropseeds, or somewhat capable of self-pollination as the wild tomatoes can be when pollinators are scarce.

   • 2000, Kristin Quinlan, Identifying Plants by Family and Genus, page 108:

     Consequently Goosefoots are often found in salt marshes, or in desert areas where water collects and then evaporates, leaving salts in the soil.