Amaranthus

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

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