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English noun: prince's-plume

1. prince's-plume (plant) annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America


Synonymskiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, Polygonum orientale, prince's-feather, princess feather


Broader (hypernym)subshrub, suffrutex


Member meronymgenus Polygonum, Polygonum

2. prince's-plume (plant) perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome


SynonymsCleome pinnata, desert plume, Stanleya pinnata


Broader (hypernym)subshrub, suffrutex


Member meronymgenus Stanleya, Stanleya

3. prince's-plume (plant) 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


SynonymsAmaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, gentleman's-cane, prince's-feather, purple amaranth, red amaranth


Broader (hypernym)amaranth









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