HyperDic: genus_amaranthus

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Amaranthus:
NOUNplantgenus Amaranthus, Amaranthuslarge widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs
English > genus Amaranthus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs.
SynonymAmaranthus
Member ofAmaranthaceae, family Amaranthaceae, amaranth familycosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs
MembersamaranthAny of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers
thorny amaranth, Amaranthus spinosusErect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishamaranthus, genus amaranthus
Catalanamaranthus, Amaranthus, Amarant, genus amaranthus

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