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prince's-feather

DEFINITIONS OF: prince's-feather

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

Synonyms:
Polygonum orientale, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, prince's-plume, princess feather
Type of:
subshrub, suffrutex
low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base

n 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-plume, purple amaranth, red amaranth
Type 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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