amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys

Questions about amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys

What does amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys mean?

amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys means "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".

What is another word for amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys?

Close synonyms include prince's-feather, gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume, red amaranth, purple amaranth. 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 amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys a common word?

amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys 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.