goosefoot

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/ˈɡuːsfʊt/

noun

Any of many flowering plants, of the saltbush subfamily Chenopodioideae, having small greenish flowers, including spinach.

Similar
pigweed
OriginAncient Greek χήν ← Latin -ium →
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Meanings

noungoosefoot (plural goosefoots)

plural goosefoots

  1. Any of many flowering plants, of the saltbush subfamily Chenopodioideae, having small greenish flowers, including spinach.
  2. Any member of the species Syngonium podophyllum of plants cultivated as houseplants, native from Bolivia to Mexico, naturalized elsewhere.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
pigweed
Also see
white goosefoot

Origin

  1. Latin-ium
  2. Ancient Greekχήν“goose”
  3. Englishgoosefoot

Calque of Translingual Chenopodium, from Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn, “goose”) + πούς (poús, “foot”) + Latin -ium.

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Translations

Arabic سَرْمَق
  • سَرْمَق (sarmaq)flowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Bulgarian кучешка лобода
  • кучешка лобода (kučeška loboda)flowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Catalan blet
  • bletflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Chinese Mandarin 藜
  • 藜 (lí)flowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Dutch ganzenvoet
  • ganzenvoetflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Finnish savikka, muulinkultakorva
  • savikkaflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
  • muulinkultakorvaSyngonium podophyllum
French chénopode
  • chénopodeflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
German Gänsefuß, Gänsefuss
  • Gänsefußflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
  • Gänsefussflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Hungarian libatop
  • libatopflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Irish cos ghé, ceathrú chaorach
  • cos ghéflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
  • ceathrú chaorachflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
  • blonagánflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Italian farinello
  • farinelloflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Latvian baluoda
  • baluodaflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Lithuanian balanda
  • balandaflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Polish komosa
  • komosaflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Romanian fragă-tătărească
  • fragă-tătăreascăflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Russian марь
  • марь (marʹ)flowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Swedish målla
  • mållaflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Turkish kazayağı
  • kazayağıflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Ukrainian лобода
  • лобода (loboda)flowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Welsh troed yr ŵydd
  • troed yr ŵyddflowering plant of the subfamily Chenopodioideae
Cite this entry
APA

goosefoot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goosefoot

MLA

“goosefoot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goosefoot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goosefoot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goosefoot.

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