Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
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;
[syn: prince's-feather, gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume, red amaranth, purple amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Amaranthus cruentus
n 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 [syn:
prince's-feather, gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume,
red amaranth, purple amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus,
Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, Amaranthus hybridus
erythrostachys]