the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian thistle, saltbush, and spinach.
GOOSEFOOT FAMILY
Meaning of GOOSEFOOT FAMILY in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012