prince's-feath·er /ˈprɪn(t)səzˌfɛðɚ/
雞冠花
prince's-feather
n 1: annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes
of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia;
naturalized in North America [syn: princess feather, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate,
prince's-plume, Polygonum orientale]
2: 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 [syn: gentleman's-cane,
prince's-plume, red amaranth, purple amaranth, Amaranthus
cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, Amaranthus
hybridus erythrostachys]