amaranthus spinosus

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   erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes

   Synonymsthorny amaranth

   Broaderherb

   Part ofAmaranthus

Questions about amaranthus spinosus

What does amaranthus spinosus mean?

amaranthus spinosus means "erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes".

What is another word for amaranthus spinosus?

Close synonyms include thorny 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 spinosus a common word?

amaranthus spinosus 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.