Definition of "chenopodiaceae" [chenopodiaceae]

• Includes spinach and beets (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Without expecting game, some useful plant might be met with, and the young naturalist was delighted with discovering a sort of wild spinach, belonging to the order of chenopodiaceae, and numerous specimens of cruciferae, belonging to the cabbage tribe, which it would certainly be possible to cultivate by transplanting."