| 单词 | white goosefoot |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite goosefoot white goosefoot n. the fat hen, Chenopodium album, a ubiquitous plant probably native to Eurasia and a common weed of arable crops, but also grown as a grain, vegetable, or animal feed in India and elsewhere. ΚΠ 1777 W. Curtis Flora Londinensis I. (at cited word) Chenopodium album... white Goosefoot. 1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 224 Artificial Shagreen used to be made by pressing a piece of leather upon the seeds of White Goosefoot so as to raise a warted surface. 1973 C. A. Wilson Food & Drink in Brit. vi. 190 Plants with seeds which had a high oil content were important in the diet of the early farming communities of Britain..the seeds of wild cabbage, charlock (sinapis arvensis), white goosefoot, knotgrass (polygonum), and some other native herbs now regarded as weeds. 2012 Times (Nexis) 23 Oct. 28 White goosefoot..is taller than red goosefoot, and has tiny white flowers, and mealy white undersides to the large leaves. < as lemmas |
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