WordNet
stinking goosefoot
n. European goosefoot with strong-scented foliage; adventive in eastern North America [syn: Chenopodium vulvaria]
Usage examples of "stinking goosefoot".
The mealiness is most apparent in the flowers and undersides of the leaves, but has not the objectionable odour of that of the Stinking Goosefoot.
The whole plant is covered with a white, greasy mealiness, giving it a grey- green appearance which when touched, gives out a very objectionable and enduring odour, like that of stale salt fish, and accounts for its common popular name: Stinking Goosefoot.