red amaranth
n : 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: prince's-feather,
gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume, purple amaranth,
Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus
hypochondriacus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys]