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PRINCE'S-FEATHER

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 I. (noun) 

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

Synonyms:

Amaranthus cruentus; Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys; Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus; gentleman's-cane; prince's-feather; prince's-plume; purple amaranth; red amaranth

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("prince's-feather" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America

Synonyms:

kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate; Polygonum orientale; prince's-feather; prince's-plume; princess feather

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("prince's-feather" is a kind of...):

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("prince's-feather" is a member of...):

genus Polygonum; Polygonum (diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions)

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