English noun: tassel flower |
1. | tassel flower (plant) tropical Asiatic annual cultivated for its small tassel-shaped heads of scarlet flowers |
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| Synonyms | Emilia sagitta |
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| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant |
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| Member meronym | Emilia, genus Emilia |
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2. | tassel flower (plant) tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia |
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| Synonyms | Cacalia javanica, Cacalia lutea, Emilia coccinea, Emilia flammea, Emilia javanica |
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| Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant |
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| Member meronym | Emilia, genus Emilia |
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3. | tassel flower (plant) young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal |
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| Synonyms | Amaranthus caudatus, love-lies-bleeding, velvet flower |
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| Broader (hypernym) | amaranth |
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