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THORNY AMARANTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does thorny amaranth mean?
• THORNY AMARANTH (noun)
The noun THORNY AMARANTH has 1 sense:
1. erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes
Familiarity information: THORNY AMARANTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Amaranthus spinosus; thorny amaranth
Hypernyms ("thorny amaranth" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("thorny amaranth" is a member of...):
Amaranthus; genus Amaranthus (large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs)
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