'Chenopodium album' definitions:
Definition of 'Chenopodium album'
From: WordNet
noun
Common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb [syn: lamb's-quarters, pigweed, wild spinach, Chenopodium album]
Definition of 'Chenopodium album'
From: GCIDE
- 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]