The Collaborative International Dictionary
Atriplex patulsa
Lamb's-quarters \Lamb's-quar"ters\, n. (Bot.) A name given to several common weedy European plants of the Goosefoot family, introduced into N. America, and sometimes used as pot herbs, as Chenopodium album and Atriplex patulsa.
Note: It is sometimes collected from the wild and eaten as a vegetable
Syn: lamb's quarters, pigweed, wild spinach, Chenopodium album.