"amaranth" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America (synset 111843774)
is a type of: caryopsis, grain - dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
Any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers;
Often cultivated for food (synset 111843512)
is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
subtypes:
- amaranthus albus, amaranthus graecizans, tumbleweed - bushy plant of western United States
- amaranthus caudatus, love-lies-bleeding, tassel flower, velvet flower - young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal
- amaranthus cruentus, amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, gentleman's-cane, prince's-feather, prince's-plume, purple amaranth, red amaranth - 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
belongs to: amaranthus, genus amaranthus - large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs