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RED AMARANTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does red amaranth mean?
• RED AMARANTH (noun)
The noun RED AMARANTH has 1 sense:
1. 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: RED AMARANTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("red amaranth" 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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