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VELVET FLOWER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does velvet flower mean?
• VELVET FLOWER (noun)
The noun VELVET FLOWER has 1 sense:
1. young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal
Familiarity information: VELVET FLOWER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Amaranthus caudatus; love-lies-bleeding; tassel flower; velvet flower
Hypernyms ("velvet flower" 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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