prince's-plume

1. 1.

   annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America

   Synonymsprince's-featherprincess featherkiss-me-over-the-garden-gatePolygonum orientale

   Broadersubshrub

   Part ofPolygonum
2. 2.

   perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome

   Synonymsdesert plumeStanleya pinnataCleome pinnata

   Broadersubshrub

   Part ofStanleya
3. 3.

   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

   Synonymsprince's-feathergentleman's-canered amaranthpurple amaranthAmaranthus cruentusAmaranthus hybridus hypochondriacusAmaranthus hybridus erythrostachys

   Broaderamaranth

Questions about prince's-plume

What does prince's-plume mean?

prince's-plume means "annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prince's-plume?

prince's-plume has 3 syllables: prin-ce'-s-plume. The stress falls on "prin".

What is another word for prince's-plume?

Close synonyms include prince's-feather, princess feather, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, Polygonum orientale, desert plume. 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 prince's-plume a common word?

prince's-plume is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.