iresine
noun
ire·si·ne
ˌīrəˈsī(ˌ)nē
1
capitalized : a genus of tropical American opposite-leaved herbs (family Amaranthaceae) having small spicate or paniculate scarious flowers and often colored foliage see achyranthes sense 2
2
plural -s : any plant of the genus Iresine
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, modification of Greek eiresiōnē branch of olive or laurel wound round with wool and hung with fruits; from the woolly calyx