GOOSEFOOT FAMILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does goosefoot family mean? 

• GOOSEFOOT FAMILY (noun)
  The noun GOOSEFOOT FAMILY has 1 sense:

1. includes spinach and beets

  Familiarity information: GOOSEFOOT FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GOOSEFOOT FAMILY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Includes spinach and beets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family

Hypernyms ("goosefoot family" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "goosefoot family"):

Chenopodium; genus Chenopodium (goosefoot; pigweed)

Atriplex; genus Atriplex (orach; saltbush)

Bassia; genus Bassia; genus Kochia; Kochia (summer cypress)

Cycloloma; genus Cycloloma; genus Halogeton (a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae)

genus Salicornia; Salicornia (glassworts)

genus Salsola; Salsola (chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs: saltworts)

genus Sarcobatus; Sarcobatus (one species: greasewood)

genus Spinacia; Spinacia (spinach)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "goosefoot family"):

Beta; genus Beta (beets)

Holonyms ("goosefoot family" is a member of...):

Caryophyllales; Chenopodiales; order-Chenopodiales; order Caryophyllales (corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae)