goosefoot
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[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Illustration_Blitum_capitatum0.jpg/250px-Illustration_Blitum_capitatum0.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Calque of translingual Chenopodium, from Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn, “goose”) + πούς (poús, “foot”) + Latin -ium.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]goosefoot (plural goosefoots)
- Any of many flowering plants, of the subfamily Chenopodioideae, having small greenish flowers.
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[edit]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.
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- 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
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- en:Goosefoot subfamily plants