noun
erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes
• Syn: ↑Amaranthus spinosus
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Amaranthus, ↑genus Amaranthus
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noun : an amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus) having a pair of divergent spines at most of its leaf nodes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.