purple amaranth
n 1: 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 [syn:
{prince's-feather}, {gentleman's-cane}, {prince's-plume},
{red amaranth}, {purple amaranth}, {Amaranthus cruentus},
{Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus}, {Amaranthus hybridus
erythrostachys}]