English noun: prince's-feather |
1. | prince's-feather (plant) annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America |
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| Synonyms | kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, Polygonum orientale, prince's-plume, princess feather |
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| Broader (hypernym) | subshrub, suffrutex |
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| Member meronym | genus Polygonum, Polygonum |
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2. | prince's-feather (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 |
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| Synonyms | Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume, purple amaranth, red amaranth |
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| Broader (hypernym) | amaranth |
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