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LAMB'S-QUARTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lamb's-quarter mean?
• LAMB'S-QUARTER (noun)
The noun LAMB'S-QUARTER has 1 sense:
1. leaves collected from the wild
Familiarity information: LAMB'S-QUARTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leaves collected from the wild
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
lamb's-quarter; pigweed; wild spinach
Hypernyms ("lamb's-quarter" is a kind of...):
green; greens; leafy vegetable (any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables)
Holonyms ("lamb's-quarter" is a part of...):
Chenopodium album; lamb's-quarters; pigweed; wild spinach (common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb)
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