lamb's-quarters

[lamz-kwawr-terz]

noun

plural

lamb's-quarters 

1. the pigweed, Chenopodium album.

lamb's-quarters

noun

1. a US name for fat hen

Word History and Origins

Origin of lamb's-quarters¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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Commonest among the wild greens are dandelion, cress, wild mustard, dock, pokeweed sprouts, milkweed sprouts, and lamb's-quarters.

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