noun
large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs
• Syn: ↑Amaranthus
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Amaranthaceae, ↑family Amaranthaceae, ↑amaranth family
• Member Meronyms: ↑amaranth, ↑thorny amaranth, ↑Amaranthus spinosus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.