NOUN | plant | Amaranthus, genus Amaranthus | large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs |
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Meaning | large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs. | |
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Synonym | genus Amaranthus | |
Member of | Amaranthaceae, family Amaranthaceae, amaranth family | cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs |
Members | amaranth | Any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers |
thorny amaranth, Amaranthus spinosus | Erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes | |
Broader | caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
Spanish | amaranthus, genus amaranthus | |
Catalan | amaranthus, Amaranthus, Amarant, genus amaranthus |
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