prince's-feather

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prince's-feather Definition

• (n) annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America
• (n) 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

prince's-feather Synonyms

• Amaranthus cruentus
• Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys
• Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus
• gentleman's-cane
• kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
• Polygonum orientale
• prince's-feather
• prince's-plume
• princess feather
• purple amaranth
• red amaranth