CHENOPODIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chenopodium mean? 

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

1. goosefoot; pigweed

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHENOPODIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Goosefoot; pigweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chenopodium; genus Chenopodium

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Chenopodium"):

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

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

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

 Context examples 

An oil obtained from Chenopodium ambrosioides plants.

(Chenopodium Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Chenopodium oil is considered to be toxic but has been used for its anthelmintic properties.

(Chenopodium Oil, NCI Thesaurus)