THORNY AMARANTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thorny amaranth mean? 

• THORNY AMARANTH (noun)
  The noun THORNY AMARANTH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: THORNY AMARANTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THORNY AMARANTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amaranthus spinosus; thorny amaranth

Hypernyms ("thorny amaranth" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("thorny amaranth" is a member of...):

Amaranthus; genus Amaranthus (large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs)