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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.


Etymology

Origin of chenopodiaceous

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

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Artemisia was the principal plant, mingled with Fremontia and the 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

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

Currants nearly ripe were abundant, and among the shrubs which covered the bottom was a very luxuriant growth of chenopodiaceous shrubs, four to six feet high.

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

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

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

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