Lamb's-quarters \Lamb's-quar"ters\, n. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the Goosefoot family, sometimes used as pot herbs, as {Chenopodium album} and {Atriplex patulsa}.
lamb's-quarters n : common weedy European plant introduced into North America; often used as a potherb [syn: {pigweed}, {wild spinach}, {Chenopodium album}]