lamb's-quarters Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb
    pigweed; wild spinach; Chenopodium album.
  2. noun leaves collected from the wild
    pigweed; wild spinach; lamb's-quarter.

WordNet


Lamb's-quar"ters noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa.

Webster 1913