Definition of Amaranthus caudatus

1. Noun. Young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal.

Exact synonyms: Love-lies-bleeding, Tassel Flower, Velvet Flower
Generic synonyms: Amaranth

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amaranthus Caudatus

Amanab
Amanda
Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin
Amanita caesarea
Amanita mappa
Amanita muscaria
Amanita rubescens
Amanita verna
Amapá
Amara
Amarag
Amarakaeri
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthus
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus caudatus (current term)
Amaranthus cruentus
Amaranthus graecizans
Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys
Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus
Amaranthus hypochondriacus
Amaranthus spinosus
Amarasi
Amarillo
Amaryllidaceae
Amaryllis belladonna
Amata
Amaterasu
Amaterasu Omikami
Amati

Literary usage of Amaranthus caudatus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handy Book of the Flower-garden, Being Practical Directions for the by David Thomson (1876)
"Amaranthus caudatus. Caliban, white, striped with crimson. ... AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS (LOVE LIES BLEEDING) —Crimson, 2 to 4 feet.—When well managed, this is ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Besides the following some 22 others occur in the southern and western United States. Type species : Amaranthus caudatus L. Utricle ..."

3. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William MacKinley Klein (1993)
"... Amaranthus caudatus L. Love-lies-bleeding Herbaceous annual Cultivated and rarely escaped. Amaranthus cruentus L. Blood amaranth; Purple amaranth ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... Amaranthus caudatus L. Love-lies-bleeding Herbaceous annual Cultivated and rarely escaped. Amaranthus cruentus L. Blood ..."

5. Lectures on Roman Husbandry: Delivered Before the University of Oxford by Charles Giles Bridle Daubeny (1857)
"It is more probable, that Amaranthus caudatus (Love lies bleeding), an East Indian plant, may have been known to the ancients, and been the plant intended, ..."

6. De la Chine: Ou Description Générale de Cet Empire, Rédigée D'après Les by Jean-Baptiste Grosier (1819)
"Amaranthus caudatus. Lin. La plupart des amaran- thcs sont regardées comme plantes potagères à la Chine et dans l'Inde : on mange leurs feuilles cuites et ..."

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