noun
includes spinach and beets
• Syn: ↑family Chenopodiaceae, ↑goosefoot family
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot family
• Hyponyms: ↑Beta, ↑genus Beta
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllales, ↑order Caryophyllales, ↑Chenopodiales, ↑order-Chenopodiales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Chenopodium, ↑genus Chenopodium, ↑Atriplex, ↑genus Atriplex, ↑Bassia, ↑genus Bassia, ↑Kochia, ↑genus Kochia, ↑Cycloloma, ↑genus Cycloloma, ↑genus Halogeton, ↑Salicornia, ↑genus Salicornia, ↑Salsola, ↑genus Salsola, ↑Sarcobatus, ↑genus Sarcobatus, ↑Spinacia, ↑genus Spinacia
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌpōdēˈāsēˌē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a family of plants (order Caryophyllales) distinguished by small inconspicuous apetalous greenish flowers and utricular fruit — see goosefoot
Useful english dictionary. 2012.