Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun amaranthus_hybridus_erythrostachys
1 sense of amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys
Sense 1
prince's-feather, gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume, red amaranth, purple amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys -- (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)
=> amaranth -- (any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food)