lamb's-quarters

American  

[lamz-kwawr-terz] / ˌlæmzˌkwɔr tərz /

noun

plural

lamb's-quarters

1. the pigweed, Chenopodium album.

---

lamb's-quarters British  

noun

1. a US name for fat hen

---

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

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

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

From Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences