prince's-feather

Noun

• 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

• annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gentleman's-cane , prince's-plume , red amaranth , purple amaranth , Amaranthus cruentus , Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus , Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys , princess feather , kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate , Polygonum orientale