Definition of Genus amaranthus

1. Noun. Large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Amaranthus

genus Alopecurus
genus Alopex
genus Alopius
genus Alosa
genus Alouatta
genus Alpinia
genus Alsobia
genus Alsophila
genus Alstonia
genus Alstroemeria
genus Alternanthera
genus Althaea
genus Alyssum
genus Alytes
genus Amanita
genus Amaranthus
genus Amaryllis
genus Amauropelta
genus Amazona
genus Amberboa
genus Ambloplites
genus Amblyrhynchus
genus Ambrosia
genus Ambystoma
genus Ameiurus
genus Amelanchier
genus Amia
genus Amianthum
genus Ammobium
genus Ammodytes

Literary usage of Genus amaranthus

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

1. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary, and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1849)
"... The 5th order contains the genus AMARANTHUS, in which is a very common weed, seeming to have some analogy to the pig-weed, not only in natural ..."

2. Lost Crops of Africa: Volume Ii: Vegetables by National Research Council (U. S.) (2006)
"It is the only known tetraploid (2n=64) in the genus. Amaranthus hybridus L.15 One of the world's most common leafy vegetables, ..."

3. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"The genus amaranthus has mostly monoecious flowers (although the order is generally hermaphrodite), with two or three stigmas, and a 1-celled, ..."

4. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1903)
"This species is distributed along the coast from Luzon to Mindanao and Palawan. Family AMARANTHACEAE Genus AMARANTHUS AMARANTHUS VIRIDIS L. (Fig. 24). ..."

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