amaranth
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1. any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | herb, herbaceous plant, |
definition | : | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | amaranthus hypochondriacus, pigweed, |
definition | : | leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India and China (noun.plant) |
member meronym | : | amaranthus, genus amaranthus, |
definition | : | large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs (noun.plant) |
2. seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | caryopsis, grain, |
definition | : | dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn (noun.plant) |
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