| amaranth | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. amaranth | seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America. |
| ~ caryopsis, grain | dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn. |
| n. (plant) | 2. amaranth | any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food. |
| ~ amaranthus, genus amaranthus | large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs. |
| ~ amaranthus albus, amaranthus graecizans, tumbleweed | bushy plant of western United States. |
| ~ amaranthus caudatus, love-lies-bleeding, velvet flower, tassel flower | young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal. |
| ~ amaranthus cruentus, amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, gentleman's-cane, purple amaranth, red amaranth, prince's-feather, prince's-plume | 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. |
| ~ amaranthus hypochondriacus, pigweed | leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India and China. |
| ~ herb, herbaceous plant | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests. |
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