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GENUS CHENOPODIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chenopodium mean? 

GENUS CHENOPODIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS CHENOPODIUM has 1 sense:

1. goosefoot; pigweedplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS CHENOPODIUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS CHENOPODIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Goosefoot; pigweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chenopodium; genus Chenopodium

Hypernyms ("genus Chenopodium" is a kind of...):

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Chenopodium"):

goosefoot (any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Chenopodium" is a member of...):

Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family (includes spinach and beets)


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