 prince's-plume |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (botany) perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome | |
| Synonyms: | Stanleya_pinnata Cleome_pinnata desert_plume | |
| Related terms: | subshrub Stanleya | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (botany) annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America | |
| Synonyms: | princess_feather kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate Polygonum_orientale prince's-feather | |
| Related terms: | subshrub Polygonum | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (botany) 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 | |
| Synonyms: | gentleman's-cane red_amaranth purple_amaranth Amaranthus_cruentus Amaranthus_hybridus_hypochondriacus Amaranthus_hybridus_erythrostachys prince's-feather | |
| Related terms: | amaranth | |
| Similar spelling: |
prince's-feather prince's_pine princess_pine Prince_Rupert |
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