chenopodiaceous

American  

[kee-nuh-poh-dee-ey-shuhs, ken-uh-] / ˌki nəˌpoʊ diˈeɪ ʃəs, ˌkɛn ə- /

adjective

1. belonging to the Chenopodiaceae, formerly the goosefoot family, now considered part of the amaranth family of plants.

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Etymology

Origin of chenopodiaceous

1865–70; < New Latin Chenopodiace ( ae ) family name ( Chenopodi ( um ) ( chenopod ) + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous

Example Sentences

The melon-holes of the box-flats were frequently over-grown with the polygonaceous plant, mentioned at a former occasion; and the small scrub plains were covered with a grey chenopodiaceous plant from three to four feet high.

From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig

As we left the Myal country of the Condamine, we left also its herbage, abounding in composite, leguminous, and chenopodiaceous plants, with a great variety of grasses.

From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig

There were some large artemisias; but the principal plants are chenopodiaceous shrubs.

From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by Frémont, John Charles

In the immediate neighborhood, the valley bottom is covered almost exclusively with chenopodiaceous shrubs, of greater luxuriance, and larger growth, than we have seen them in any preceding part of the journey.

From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by Frémont, John Charles

Mingled with the artemisia was a shrubby and thorny chenopodiaceous plant.

From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by Frémont, John Charles