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lamb's-quarters

lamb's-quar·ters
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lamz-kwawr-terz]
    • /ˌlæmzˌkwɔr tərz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lamz-kwawr-terz]
    • /ˌlæmzˌkwɔr tərz/

Definitions of lamb's-quarters word

  • noun plural lamb's-quarters the pigweed, Chenopodium album. 1
  • noun lamb's-quarters an annual weed (Chenopodium album) of the goosefoot family, with whitened or mealy leaves and dense clusters of small green flowers: the leaves are sometimes used for salad greens 0

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Origin of lamb's-quarters

First appearance:

before 1765
One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1765-75

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Parts of speech for Lamb's-quarters

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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lamb's-quarters popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 6% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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