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单词 goosefoot
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Definition of goosefoot in English:

goosefoot

nounPlural goosefootsˈɡuːsfʊtˈɡusfʊt
  • A plant of temperate regions with divided leaves which are said to resemble the foot of a goose. Some kinds are edible and many are common weeds.

    Genus Chenopodium, family Chenopodiaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He set out into the sun-soaked, blossom-perfumed clearing, wending his way with care amid white campion, goosefoot, and dock plants.
    • Spinach was a better green vegetable than the goosefoots, sorrels, orach, and similar plants which were widely used in medieval Europe, and gradually usurped their place.
    • Cultivated Late Woodland plants included sumpweed, squash, sunflower, goosefoot, and maize.
    • Deposits at Salts Cave dating between 650 and 250 B.C. included sunflower, sumpweed, squash, goosefoot, and maygrass.
    • Wild rice, sunflower, goosefoot, and squash rind were all well represented.
 
 

Definition of goosefoot in US English:

goosefoot

nounˈɡusfʊtˈɡo͞osfo͝ot
  • A plant of temperate regions with divided leaves which are said to resemble the foot of a goose. Some kinds are edible and many are common weeds.

    Genus Chenopodium, family Chenopodiaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Deposits at Salts Cave dating between 650 and 250 B.C. included sunflower, sumpweed, squash, goosefoot, and maygrass.
    • Spinach was a better green vegetable than the goosefoots, sorrels, orach, and similar plants which were widely used in medieval Europe, and gradually usurped their place.
    • Wild rice, sunflower, goosefoot, and squash rind were all well represented.
    • He set out into the sun-soaked, blossom-perfumed clearing, wending his way with care amid white campion, goosefoot, and dock plants.
    • Cultivated Late Woodland plants included sumpweed, squash, sunflower, goosefoot, and maize.
 
 
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