amaranth family

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   cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs

   SynonymsAmaranthaceaefamily Amaranthaceae

   Broadercaryophylloid dicot family

   Part ofCaryophyllales

Questions about amaranth family

What does amaranth family mean?

amaranth family means "cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs".

What is another word for amaranth family?

Close synonyms include Amaranthaceae, family Amaranthaceae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amaranth family a common word?

amaranth family is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.