gentleman's-cane
Nouns
- (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 Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, purple amaranth, red amaranth, prince's-feather, prince's-plume,