Source : WordNet®

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}]