prince's-feather

prince′'s-feath′er

n.

a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.

[1620–30]

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Noun	1.	prince's-feather - annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, Polygonum orientale, prince's-plume, princess feather genus Polygonum, Polygonum - diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
	2.	prince's-feather - 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 Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, gentleman's-cane, purple amaranth, red amaranth, prince's-plume amaranth - any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food

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