genus amaranthus

Noun
  1. Large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs (synset 111843318)
    is a type of: caryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
    member holonym:
    • amaranth - any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food
    • amaranthus spinosus, thorny amaranth - erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes
    belongs to: amaranth family, amaranthaceae, family amaranthaceae - cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs
    same as: amaranthus

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