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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
MELGS, n. The white goosefoot, Chenopodium album (Mry. 1839 G. Gordon Flora Mry. 11; Nai. 1900 R. Thomson Nat. Hist. Highl. Par. 276; Mry. 1935 J. Burgess Flora Mry. 25).
[A variant of *melds. See Myles and Meldweed.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
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