goosefoot
noun
goose·foot
ˈgüs-ˌfu̇t 
plural goosefoots
: any of a genus (Chenopodium) or subfamily (Chenopodioideae, the goosefoot subfamily) of glabrous herbs with fruit that is a utricle
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It’s constructed from desert grasses native to the region where the British Army’s Joint Helicopter Command was based, along with fig-marigold, goosefoot and artificial items such as plastic.
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Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
So far, researchers have determined via pollen samples that the tomb’s occupants were rubbed with creams containing wormwood and goosefoot.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 July 2024
The researchers found that the leftovers contain barley and emmer grains, as well as seeds from a white goosefoot plant.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
There was a riot of nettles, ferns, ryegrass, scutch, goosefoot, wild oat, green amaranth, chicory, sorrel, cockspur, and the like, otherwise known as weeds by farmers throughout the world. . . .
—Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
Boiled or sautéed, goosefoot greens still have a bitter bite.
—Sarah Laskow, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2022
For millennia, Indigenous people across what became North America cultivated high-yield, climate-specific varieties of plants, including sunchokes, lamb’s-quarter, gourds, knotweed, and goosefoot.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
Other such plants included goosefoot, wolfberry and sumac, which produce edible grains or berries.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 May 2021
It’s a member of the goosefoot family, which sounds like a British TV drama but is actually a plant family that includes veg like Swiss chard, beets, and spinach.
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 25 Sep. 2020
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Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
So far, researchers have determined via pollen samples that the tomb’s occupants were rubbed with creams containing wormwood and goosefoot.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 July 2024
The researchers found that the leftovers contain barley and emmer grains, as well as seeds from a white goosefoot plant.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
There was a riot of nettles, ferns, ryegrass, scutch, goosefoot, wild oat, green amaranth, chicory, sorrel, cockspur, and the like, otherwise known as weeds by farmers throughout the world. . . .
—Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
Boiled or sautéed, goosefoot greens still have a bitter bite.
—Sarah Laskow, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2022
For millennia, Indigenous people across what became North America cultivated high-yield, climate-specific varieties of plants, including sunchokes, lamb’s-quarter, gourds, knotweed, and goosefoot.
—Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022
Other such plants included goosefoot, wolfberry and sumac, which produce edible grains or berries.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 May 2021
It’s a member of the goosefoot family, which sounds like a British TV drama but is actually a plant family that includes veg like Swiss chard, beets, and spinach.
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 25 Sep. 2020
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goosefoot
noun
goose·foot
-ˌfu̇t
plural goosefoots
: any of numerous mostly weedy smooth herbs with branched clusters of small greenish or whitish flowers without petals
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