goosefoots

English

Noun

goosefoots

1. plural of goosefoot
   • 1905, Bernard B. Smyth, “Physical properties of water, and its relation to tree growth”, in Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, volume XIX, page 422:

     For example, asparagus, the Russian thistle, the atriplexes, some of the goosefoots, and some of the grasses, such as Distichlis spicata, Spartina gracilis, and finetop salt-grass, thrive in a saline soil, where most other plants could not live.

   • 1996, Stephen L. Buchmann, Gary Paul Nabhan, The Forgotten Pollinators, page 29:

     The pioneering annuals on the beaches nearby are wind-pollinated, like the goosefoots and dropseeds, or somewhat capable of self-pollination as the wild tomatoes can be when pollinators are scarce.

   • 2000, Kristin Quinlan, Identifying Plants by Family and Genus, page 108:

     Consequently Goosefoots are often found in salt marshes, or in desert areas where water collects and then evaporates, leaving salts in the soil.