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
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prince's-plume::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | amaranthus cruentus, amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, gentleman's-cane, prince's-feather, purple amaranth, red amaranth |
| Type of | amaranth |
prince's-plume::noun | Spocien Dictionary
annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, polygonum orientale, prince's-feather, princess feather |
| Type of | suffrutex, subshrub |
prince's-plume::noun | Spocien Dictionary
perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cleome pinnata, desert plume, stanleya pinnata |
| Type of | subshrub, suffrutex |
