| Noun | 1. prince's-plume - 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-feather, 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-plume - perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus CleomeCleome pinnata, desert plume, Stanleya pinnatagenus Stanleya, Stanleya - prince's plumesubshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base | | 3. prince's-plume - 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-featheramaranth - any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food |