Source : WordNet®

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}]