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Prince's-plume   /prˈɪnsɪz-plum/   Listen
Prince's-plume

noun
1.
Annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America.  Synonyms: kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, Polygonum orientale, prince's-feather, princess feather.
2.
Perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome.  Synonyms: Cleome pinnata, desert plume, Stanleya pinnata.
3.
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: Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, gentleman's-cane, prince's-feather, purple amaranth, red amaranth.





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Words linked to "Prince's-plume" :   genus Polygonum, genus Stanleya, subshrub, suffrutex, Polygonum, Polygonum orientale, amaranth, Stanleya, princess feather, prince's-feather


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