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goosefoot

/goos-foot/US // ˈgusˌfʊt //UK // (ˈɡuːsˌfʊt) //

鹅脚,鹅掌楸,鹅足,鹅肝菌

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural goose·foots.

    • : any of numerous, often weedy plants of the genus Chenopodium, having inconspicuous greenish flowers.

Examples

  • But the first thing that stopped Moss was the glowing front of a pawnshop, near the head of Goosefoot Lane.

  • Going south again he came to a low mesa, to a place called Yelak-īmi, "goosefoot."

  • A variety of the Red Goosefoot (C. rubrum) is also found on the coast.

  • It feeds in the autumn on the flowers and seeds of various kinds of goosefoot (Chenopodium), also on Orache (Atriplex).

  • Scurf, Scurfiness, minute scales on the surface of many leaves, as of Goosefoot.