Source : WordNet®

purple 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}, {red amaranth}, {Amaranthus
         cruentus}, {Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus}, {Amaranthus
         hybridus erythrostachys}]