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Amaranthus

noun

large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs

• Syn: ↑genus Amaranthus

• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Amaranthaceae, ↑family Amaranthaceae, ↑amaranth family

• Member Meronyms: ↑amaranth, ↑thorny amaranth, ↑Amaranthus spinosus

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\\ˌaməˈran(t)thəs\ noun

Etymology: New Latin — more at amaranth

1. capitalized : a large and widely distributed genus (the type of the family Amaranthaceae) of mostly coarse annual herbs having alternate leaves and small flowers with a 5-parted calyx and 2-celled anthers

2. -es : a plant of the genus Amaranthus — see pigweed

Useful english dictionary. 2012.