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Meanings of goosefoot in English

Russian
марь белая
Portuguese
chenopodium album
Spanish
bletos
Catalan
chenopodium album
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Species of plant.

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        марь белая
        Synonyms
        Examples for "pigweed"
        Examples for "pigweed"
        1
        Raw they ate thistle tops, pigweed, and crowfoot, with great relish.
        The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia
        2
        Pull up all the beets and leave the pigweed, hey?
        St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, ...
        3
        The grass waved to their stirrups, and the pigweed stood rank up to the very door.
        North of Fifty-Three
        4
        Even pigweed can be a delicacy.
        The new yorker
        5
        Should I get more pigweed seeds?
        The Valley of Horses
        1
        To-day he stood forth with confidence and told about a fat hen.
        Americans All / Stories of American Life of To-Day
        2
        Among these was a foolish, fat hen who lived in Farmer Green's henhouse.
        The Tale of Grumpy Weasel / Sleepy-Time Tales
        3
        Watched a regal python constrict a fat hen before consuming it.
        The new yorker
        4
        If I could have just one fat hen that is all I would ask.
        Bowser the Hound
        5
        It was a nice fat hen; it winked with one eye, and looked very artful.
        Tell Me Another Story: The Book of Story Programs
        1
        Even my cultivated gardens have great annual weeds that I harvest young and mix in salads, including lamb's quarters, chickweed, and pigweed.
        Vegetable gardening for dummies
        2
        There was nothing there-eventhe ruins are overgrown with lamb'squarters-butPolly went straight to the spot.
        Purple Springs
        3
        We also found on the isle a sort of scurvy-grass, and a plant, called by us Lamb's Quarters, which, when boiled, eat like spinnage.
        A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
        Usage of goosefoot in English
        1
        This is goosefoot, to wrap the roast in when I put it away.
        The Plains of Passage
        2
        The little black seeds come from a plant I call goosefoot, but it has a different Zelandonii name.
        The Shelters of Stone
        3
        The Armenian's great courtyard, overgrown with goosefoot and wild mallows, was lively and full of gaiety in spite of the great heat.
        The Schoolmistress, and Other Stories
        4
        Goosefoot, knotweed, little barley, and maygrass had tiny seeds, with volumes only one-tenth that of wheat and barley seeds.
        Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
        5
        The Goosefoot herbs are common weeds in most temperate climates, and grow chiefly in salt marshes, or on the sea-shore.
        Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
        6
        Both here and in Germany this Goosefoot is used for feeding poultry, and it has hence acquired the sobriquet of Fat-hen.
        Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure
        7
        Another, though much older goddess symbol, is the 'Goosefoot' (the illustration shows how it was conceived from the shape of a woman).
        Lid Off the Cauldron