Lamb's-quarters: alternatives and connections

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

A term applied to several different species of plants (Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.).

The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush…

A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.

A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several…

A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In Amer…

The lamb's-quarters (Chenopodium album).

Any plant of several species of the poisonous liliaceous genus Veratrum, especially V. album and V. viride, both called white hellebor…

The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, bulbifera,…

One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs.

A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it in white hellebore (Veratrum album); -- called also jervina.

Sandalwood (Santalum album).

A parasitic evergreen plant of Europe (Viscum album), bearing a glutinous fruit. When found upon the oak, where it is rare, it was an…

To name, or designate by name, for an office or place; to appoint; esp., to name as a candidate for an election, choice, or appointmen…

A foul-smelling weed, the stinking goosefoot (Chenopodium Vulvaria).

Pertaining to pot herbs; of the nature or having the qualities of herbs for cookery; esculent.

any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes

A genus (Atriplex) of herbs or low shrubs of the Goosefoot family, most of them with a mealy surface.