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prince's-feather
prince′'s-feath′er
n. a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers. [1620–30] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  prince's-feather - annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North Americakiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, Polygonum orientale, prince's-plume, princess feathergenus Polygonum, Polygonum - diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regionssubshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base | | 2. |  prince's-feather - 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 cerealAmaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, gentleman's-cane, purple amaranth, red amaranth, prince's-plumeamaranth - any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food |
prince's-feather
Synonyms for prince's-feathernoun annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowersSynonyms- kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
- Polygonum orientale
- prince's-plume
- princess feather
Related Words- genus Polygonum
- Polygonum
- subshrub
- suffrutex
noun tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purpleSynonyms- Amaranthus cruentus
- Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys
- Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus
- gentleman's-cane
- purple amaranth
- red amaranth
- prince's-plume
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