| NOUN | plant | tassel flower, Emilia sagitta | tropical Asiatic annual cultivated for its small tassel-shaped heads of scarlet flowers |
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| plant | tassel flower, Emilia coccinea, Emilia javanica, Emilia flammea, Cacalia javanica, Cacalia lutea | tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads | |
| plant | tassel flower, love-lies-bleeding, velvet flower, Amaranthus caudatus | young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables |
| Meaning | Tropical Asiatic annual cultivated for its small tassel-shaped heads of scarlet flowers. | |
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| Synonym | Emilia sagitta | |
| Member of | Emilia, genus Emilia | Tropical African herbs |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Meaning | Tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia. | |
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| Synonyms | Emilia coccinea, Emilia javanica, Emilia flammea, Cacalia javanica, Cacalia lutea | |
| Member of | Emilia, genus Emilia | Tropical African herbs |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Meaning | young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal. | |
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| Synonyms | love-lies-bleeding, velvet flower, Amaranthus caudatus | |
| Broader | amaranth | Any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers |
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