Meanings
plural alternantheras
- Any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Alternanthera in the amaranth family.
1 more example
Various cultivars of purple-leaved Heuchera (coral bells), crimson-leaved annuals such as Solonostemon 'Red Carpet' (coleus), Alternanthera dentata 'Rubiginosa' (alternanthera), and the splendid shrublike annual Euphorbia cotinifolia (red spurge)—these dark reds help carry the eye around a planting bed or along the front of a border.
2009 August 25, Lynden B Miller, Parks Plants and People: Beautifying The Urban Landscape, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 100Synonyms: joyweed, Joseph's coat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the herbaceous plants in the genus Alternanthera in the amaranth family.
Origin
- taxonomic nameAlternanthera
- Englishalternanthera
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Alternanthera.
More words from taxonomic name
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish kaijalehti, papukaijalehti
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Indonesian keremak
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Lithuanian alstė
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Polish alternantera, krąglatka
- alternanteraTranslations
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Russian альтернанте́ра, очерёднопы́льник
- альтернанте́ра (alʹternantéra)Translations
- очерёднопы́льник (očerjodnopýlʹnik)Translations
Swedish alternanter
- alternanterTranslations
Cite this entry
alternanthera. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alternanthera
“alternanthera.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alternanthera. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alternanthera,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alternanthera.
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