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Webster 1828 Edition
Amaranthus
AMARANTH'US
,Noun.
Flower-gentle; a genus of plants, of many species. Of these the tricolored has long been cultivated in gardens, on account of the beauty of its variegated leaves.
Definition 2024
Amaranthus
Amaranthus
See also: amaranthus
Translingual
Proper noun
Amaranthus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – the amaranths, pigweeds.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Amaranthaceae - family; Amaranthoideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Amaranthus caudatus - lectotype species
amaranthus
amaranthus
See also: Amaranthus
English
Amaranthus tricolor
Noun
amaranthus (plural amaranthuses)
- Any of the genus Amaranthus; an amaranth.