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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LAMB'S-QUARTERS

LAMB'S-QUARTERS Lamb's-quar "ters, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

lamb's-quarters

lamb's-quar ters ▶noun a herbaceous plant with mealy, edible leaves, often considered to be a weed. Also called pigweed. [Chenopodium album, family Chenopodiaceae. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

lamb's-quarters

lamb's-quar ters ▶noun a herbaceous plant with mealy, edible leaves, often considered to be a weed. Also called pigweed. [Chenopodium album, family Chenopodiaceae. ]