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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lamb's-quar·ters n. Bot. A name given to several common weedy European plants of the Goosefoot family, introduced into N. America, and sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa.
 Note: It is sometimes collected from the wild and eaten as a vegetable
 Syn: -- lamb's quarters, pigweed, wild spinach, Chenopodium album.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Frost-blite n. Bot. (a) A plant of the genus Atriplex; orache. --Gray. (b) The lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium album).
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Chenopodium album
      n : common weedy European plant introduced into North America;
          often used as a potherb [syn: lamb's-quarters, pigweed,
           wild spinach]