amaranth : Idioms & Phrases

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amaranth family

  • noun cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs
    family Amaranthaceae; Amaranthaceae.
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Globe amaranth

  • noun tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color
    bachelor's button; Gomphrena globosa.
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  • (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena (G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered.
Webster 1913

purple amaranth

  • noun tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal
    gentleman's-cane; prince's-plume; Amaranthus cruentus; prince's-feather; Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus; Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys; purple amaranth.
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red amaranth

  • noun tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal
    gentleman's-cane; prince's-plume; Amaranthus cruentus; prince's-feather; Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus; Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys; purple amaranth.
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thorny amaranth

  • noun erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes
    Amaranthus spinosus.
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