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goosefoot

/ˈɡuːsfʊt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
goose-foot
IPA
/ˈɡuːsfʊt/
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of many flowering plants, of the saltbush subfamily Chenopodioideae, having small greenish flowers, including spinach.

noun

Any member of the species Syngonium podophyllum of plants cultivated as houseplants, native from Bolivia to Mexico, naturalized elsewhere.

Etymology

Calque of Translingual Chenopodium, from Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn, “goose”) + πούς (poús, “foot”) + Latin -ium.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

goosefoots (plural)

Phrases

American goosefoot California goosefoot clammy goosefoot coastal goosefoot coastblite goosefoot cutleaf goosefoot desert goosefoot fetid goosefoot

Synonyms

pigweed

Questions

How do you pronounce goosefoot?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡuːsfʊt/.
What does goosefoot mean?
Any of many flowering plants, of the saltbush subfamily Chenopodioideae, having small greenish flowers, including spinach.
Where does goosefoot come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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