| NOUN | plant | Amaranthus spinosus, thorny amaranth | erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes |
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| Meaning | Erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes. | |
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| Synonym | thorny amaranth | |
| Member of | Amaranthus, genus Amaranthus | large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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