amaranthus hypochondriacus

1. 1.

   leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India and China

   Synonymspigweed

   Broaderamaranth

Questions about amaranthus hypochondriacus

What does amaranthus hypochondriacus mean?

amaranthus hypochondriacus means "leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India and China".

What is another word for amaranthus hypochondriacus?

Close synonyms include pigweed. 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 hypochondriacus a common word?

amaranthus hypochondriacus 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.