HyperDic: thorny_amaranth

English > 1 sense of the expression thorny amaranth:
NOUNplantthorny amaranth, Amaranthus spinosuserect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes
English > thorny amaranth: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningErect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes.
SynonymAmaranthus spinosus
Member ofAmaranthus, genus Amaranthuslarge widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem

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