chenopodium album

3 definitions found

chenopodium album - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Frost-blite \Frost`-blite"\, n. (Bot.)
     (a) A plant of the genus Atriplex; orache. --Gray.
     (b) The lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium album). --Dr. Prior.
         [1913 Webster]

  Lamb's-quarters \Lamb's-quar"ters\, n. (Bot.)
     A name given to several common weedy European plants of the
     Goosefoot family, introduced into N. America, and sometimes
     used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa
     .
  
     Note: It is sometimes collected from the wild and eaten as a
           vegetable
  
     Syn: lamb's quarters, pigweed, wild spinach, Chenopodium
          album.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

chenopodium album - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Chenopodium album
      n 1: common weedy European plant introduced into North America;
           often used as a potherb [syn: lamb's-quarters, pigweed,
           wild spinach, Chenopodium album]