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LAMB'S-QUARTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leaves collected from the wild
Synonyms:
lamb's-quarter; pigweed; wild spinach
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
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)