A name given to various cultivated species of Amaranthus.

any of various kinds of cultivated amaranths; = velvet-flower n. at velvet, n. compounds 4c.

(see quots.).

Name of a Scandinavian deity, occurring in certain plant-names. See also baldmoney, n. and badderlocks, n. (Amaranthus hypochondriacus).

= floramour, n.

The plant cockscomb, Celosia cristata (family Amaranthaceae).

Any of several red-flowered amaranths, esp. Amaranthus caudatus, widely grown as an ornamental for its distinctive pendulous racemes of deep…

Any of several ornamental amaranths; (now) esp. Amaranthus hypochondriacus, grown for its long erect spikes of small red flowers, and A. cruentus, a…

A species of amaranth.

Horticulture (in form tricolor). Short for Amarantus tricolor, a species of amaranth from China, cultivated for its brightly coloured leaves…

A plant of the amaranthaceous genus so named, esp. the cockscomb, Celosia cristata.

(in reference to Genesis xxxvii. 3) a cultivated variety of Amarantus tricolor, with variegated leaves.

A name for different plants having parts resembling thrums. ‘Love-lies-bleeding’, Amarantus caudatus.