lamb's-quarters

American  

[lamz-kwawr-terz] / ˌlæmzˌkwɔr tərz /

noun

plural

lamb's-quarters

1. the pigweed, Chenopodium album.

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lamb's-quarters British  

noun

1. a US name for fat hen

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Etymology

Origin of lamb's-quarters

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

She added peeled and cubed eggplant and some sliced leeks, then checked on the amaranth leaves boiling beside them, soft as lamb’s-quarters.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 18, 2019

The department listed wild plants which can be put to a "useful purpose": lamb's-quarters, plantain, poke, purslane, wild chicory, dock.

From Time Magazine Archive

In it I put the lamb’s-quarters and water and place it directly on the fire.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

How pigweeds get about.—In winter we often see dead tops of lamb's-quarters and amaranths—the smooth and the prickly pigweeds—still standing where they grew in the summer.

From Seed Dispersal by Beal, W. J. (William James)

There were errands to look after, and usually a pig, and sometimes two, that accumulated adipose on purslane and lamb's-quarters, with surplus clams for dessert, also quahaugs to preserve the poetic unities.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen by Hubbard, Elbert