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am·a·ranth
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amaranthaceous
of, relating to, or belonging to the Amaranthaceae (or Amarantaceae), a family of tropical and temperate herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants that includes the amaranths and cockscomb -
amaranth family
the plant family Amaranthaceae, typified by herbaceous, often weedy plants having alternate or opposite leaves and small, chaffy flowers without petals in brightly colored dense clusters, including the cockscomb, pigweed, and amaranth. -
beet
Beet is a crop with a thick round root. It is often used to feed animals, especially cows. -
burning bush
a rutaceous shrub, Dictamnus fraxinella, of S Europe and Asia, whose glands release a volatile inflammable oil that can burn without harming the plant: identified as the bush from which God spoke to Moses (Exodus 3:2–4) -
chenopod
any flowering plant of the family Chenopodiaceae, which includes the beet, mangel-wurzel, spinach, and goosefoot -
chenopodiaceous
belonging to the Chenopodiaceae, formerly the goosefoot family, now considered part of the amaranth family of plants.