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chenopodium Bot.|kɛnəˈpɒdɪəm|
[mod.L., f. Gr. χήν goose + ποδ-, πούς foot, referring to the shape of the leaf. Adopted by Linnæus in his Species Plantarum (1753) I. 218 as the name of a genus.]
A member of a large genus of herbaceous plants so named; goose-foot. Also attrib.
1597J. Gerard Herball xliii. 259 The later herbarists have called it Pes anserinus, of the likenesse that the leaves have with the foote of a Goose: of some Chenopodium: in English Goosefoote and wilde Orach. 1640J. Parkinson Theatr. Bot. xiii. 759 Pes anserinus or Chenopodium..meaning the Garden sort [of Arrache] with purplish leaves. 1807T. Martyn Miller's Gard. & Bot. Dict. s.v., It is whiter than most of the Chenopodiums; and varies exceedingly, both when young, and in its seeding state. 1915Jrnl. Chem. Soc. CVIII. i. 195 The toxicity of chenopodium oil is increased in starvation. 1926Contemp. Rev. Feb. 235 A list of such flowers includes chenopodiums, [etc.]. 1968D. Macleod Bk. Herbs 81 Our own country name of Smearwort refers to the old use of Chenopodium in ointment. |