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GOOSEFOOT FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Includes spinach and beets
Synonyms:
Chenopodiaceae; family Chenopodiaceae; goosefoot family
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("goosefoot family" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot family (family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "goosefoot family"):
Chenopodium; genus Chenopodium (goosefoot; pigweed)
Atriplex; genus Atriplex (orach; saltbush)
Bassia; genus Bassia; genus Kochia; Kochia (summer cypress)
Cycloloma; genus Cycloloma; genus Halogeton (a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae)
genus Salicornia; Salicornia (glassworts)
genus Salsola; Salsola (chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs: saltworts)
genus Sarcobatus; Sarcobatus (one species: greasewood)
genus Spinacia; Spinacia (spinach)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "goosefoot family"):
Beta; genus Beta (beets)
Holonyms ("goosefoot family" is a member of...):
Caryophyllales; Chenopodiales; order-Chenopodiales; order Caryophyllales (corresponds approximately to the older group Centrospermae)
