prince's-feather

Noun
  1. Annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers;
    Southeastern Asia and Australia;
    Naturalized in North America (synset 112622566)
    is a type of: subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
    belongs to: genus polygonum, polygonum - diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions
    same as: kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, polygonum orientale, prince's-plume, princess feather
  2. 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 (synset 111844225)
    is a type of: amaranth - any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food
    same as: amaranthus cruentus, amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume, purple amaranth, red amaranth

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