| prince's-feather | (n) annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America, Syn. princess feather, Polygonum orientale, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, prince's-plume |
| prince's-feather | (n) 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. Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, gentleman's-cane, red amaranth, prince's-plume, purple amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus |