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Chenopodium ambrosioides
Mexican Mex"i*can, a. Of or pertaining to Mexico or its people. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Mexico. Mexican poppy (Bot.), a tropical American herb of the Poppy family (Argemone Mexicana) with much the look of a thistle, but having large yellow or white blossoms. Mexican tea (Bot.), an aromatic kind of pigweed from tropical America (Chenopodium ambrosioides).
Chenopodium anthelminticum
Wormseed Worm"seed`, n. (Bot.) Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines. Wormseed mustard, a slender, cruciferous plant (Erysinum cheiranthoides) having small lanceolate leaves.
Chenopodium Botrys
Jerusalem Je*ru"sa*lem, n. [Gr. ?, fr. Heb. Y?r?sh[=a]laim.] The chief city of Palestine, intimately associated with the glory of the Jewish nation, and the life and death of Jesus Christ. Jerusalem artichoke [Perh. a corrupt. of It. girasole i.e., sunflower, or turnsole. See Gyre, Solar.] (Bot.) (a) An American plant, a perennial species of sunflower (Helianthus tuberosus), whose tubers are sometimes used as food. (b) One of the tubers themselves. Jerusalem cherry (Bot.), the popular name of either of either of two species of Solanum (S. Pseudo-capsicum and S. capsicastrum), cultivated as ornamental house plants. They bear bright red berries of about the size of cherries. Jerusalem oak (Bot.), an aromatic goosefoot (Chenopodium Botrys), common about houses and along roadsides. Jerusalem sage (Bot.), a perennial herb of the Mint family (Phlomis tuberosa). Jerusalem thorn (Bot.), a spiny, leguminous tree (Parkinsonia aculeata), widely dispersed in warm countries, and used for hedges. The New Jerusalem, Heaven; the Celestial City.
Chenopodium Quinoa
Quinoa Qui*no"a, n. The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made.
Chenopodium rubrum
Sowbane Sow"bane`, n. (Bot.) The red goosefoot (Chenopodium rubrum), -- said to be fatal to swine.
Chenopodium Vulvaria
Notchweed Notch"weed`, n. (Bot.) A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium Vulvaria).

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- Brickellia chenopodina, the chenopod brickellbush, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Grant County...
- E.; Yamaguchi, Mas (eds.), "Spinach, Table Beets, and Other Vegetable Chenopods", World Vegetables: Principles, Production, and Nutritive Values, Boston...
- America independently domesticated squash, sunflower, marsh elder, and chenopod. Portuguese sailors introduced kabocha to ****an in 1541, bringing it with...
- the C4 photosynthetic pathway, and due to their semi-arid distribution, chenopod saltbushes were likely responsible. The favored species for human consumption...
- canals at that time irrigated crops such as peanuts, squash, manioc, chenopods, a relative of Quinoa, and later maize. The scale of global irrigation...
- photosynthetic pathway, typically ****ociated with gr****es. In this case, however, chenopod saltbushes found throughout semiarid Australia were considered a more likely...
- its favoured foods are scarce. However, some perennial chenopods, such as round-leaf chenopod Kochia are avoided even when abundant. At times, red kangaroos...
- large number of seeds of chenopods (goosefoot or lamb's quarters) which are likely cultivated plants. Some of the chenopod (Chenopodium berlandieri)...
- ground-dragon is a species of agamid lizard occurring in arid to semi-arid chenopod shrublands around salt lakes and claypans and in adjacent sandy heaths...