LAMB'S-QUARTERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lamb's-quarters mean? 

• LAMB'S-QUARTERS (noun)
  The noun LAMB'S-QUARTERS has 1 sense:

1. common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb

  Familiarity information: LAMB'S-QUARTERS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAMB'S-QUARTERS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chenopodium album; lamb's-quarters; pigweed; wild spinach

Hypernyms ("lamb's-quarters" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "lamb's-quarters"):

lamb's-quarter; pigweed; wild spinach (leaves collected from the wild)

wild spinach (leafy greens collected from the wild and used as a substitute for spinach)