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chenopod

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cheno-pod
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the subfamily Chenopodioideae (the main part of the sometime family Chenopodiaceae); a goosefoot.

Etymology

From the genus name Chenopodium, coined as a compound of Ancient Greek χηνο- (khēno-, “goose”) + ποδ- (pod-, “foot”) + Latin -ium. The literal translation, “goosefoot”, refers to the shape of the leaves.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

chenopods (plural)

Questions

What does chenopod mean?
Any member of the subfamily Chenopodioideae (the main part of the sometime family Chenopodiaceae); a goosefoot.
Where does chenopod come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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