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