goosefoot

Etymology

Calque of translingual Chenopodium, from Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn, “goose”) + πούς (poús, “foot”) + Latin -ium.

noun

  1. Any of many flowering plants, of the subfamily Chenopodioideae, having small greenish flowers.

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