Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tassel_flower

3 senses of tassel flower

Sense 1
tassel flower, Emilia sagitta -- (tropical Asiatic annual cultivated for its small tassel-shaped heads of scarlet flowers)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 2
tassel flower, Emilia coccinea, Emilia javanica, Emilia flammea, Cacalia javanica, Cacalia lutea -- (tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia)
       => herb, herbaceous plant -- (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 3
love-lies-bleeding, velvet flower, tassel flower, Amaranthus caudatus -- (young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal)
       => amaranth -- (any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food)