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PRINCE'S-PLUME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prince's-plume mean?
• PRINCE'S-PLUME (noun)
The noun PRINCE'S-PLUME has 3 senses:
1. annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America
2. perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome
3. 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 cereal
Familiarity information: PRINCE'S-PLUME used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate; Polygonum orientale; prince's-feather; prince's-plume; princess feather
Hypernyms ("prince's-plume" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("prince's-plume" is a member of...):
genus Polygonum; Polygonum (diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cleome pinnata; desert plume; prince's-plume; Stanleya pinnata
Hypernyms ("prince's-plume" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("prince's-plume" is a member of...):
genus Stanleya; Stanleya (prince's plume)
Sense 3
Meaning:
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 cereal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Amaranthus cruentus; Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys; Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus; gentleman's-cane; prince's-feather; prince's-plume; purple amaranth; red amaranth
Hypernyms ("prince's-plume" is a kind of...):
amaranth (any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food)
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