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amaranth family
am′aranth fam`ily
n. a family, Amaranthaceae, of herbaceous plants with alternate or opposite leaves and small, chaffy flowers in brightly colored dense clusters: includes the cockscomb and amaranth. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  amaranth family - cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubsAmaranthaceae, family Amaranthaceaecaryophylloid dicot family - family of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersCaryophyllales, Chenopodiales, order Caryophyllales, order-Chenopodiales - corresponds approximately to the older group CentrospermaeAmaranthus, genus Amaranthus - large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbsAlternanthera, genus Alternanthera - genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus TelantheraCelosia, genus Celosia - annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and AfricaFroelichia, genus Froelichia - genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweedgenus Gomphrena, Gomphrena - genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads; tropical America and Australiagenus Iresine, Iresine - genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubsgenus Telanthera, Telanthera - used in former classifications systems; now included in genus Alternanthera |
amaranth family
Synonyms for amaranth familynoun cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubsSynonyms- Amaranthaceae
- family Amaranthaceae
Related Words- caryophylloid dicot family
- Caryophyllales
- Chenopodiales
- order Caryophyllales
- order-Chenopodiales
- Amaranthus
- genus Amaranthus
- Alternanthera
- genus Alternanthera
- Celosia
- genus Celosia
- Froelichia
- genus Froelichia
- genus Gomphrena
- Gomphrena
- genus Iresine
- Iresine
- genus Telanthera
- Telanthera
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