noun
1. tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal
• Syn:
↑prince's-feather, ↑gentleman's-cane, ↑red amaranth, ↑purple amaranth, ↑Amaranthus cruentus, ↑Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, ↑Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys
• Hypernyms: ↑amaranth
2. perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome
• Syn: ↑desert plume, ↑Stanleya pinnata, ↑Cleome pinnata
• Member Holonyms: ↑Stanleya, ↑genus Stanleya
3. annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America
• Member Holonyms: ↑Polygonum, ↑genus Polygonum
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\\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ noun (plural prince's-plumes)1. : prince's-feather
2. : desert plume
Useful english dictionary. 2012.