love-lies-bleeding

noun

A tropical plant of species Amaranthus caudatus, that has clusters of little red flowers

Similar
foxtail amaranthpendant amaranthtassel flowerquiletevelvet flowerAmaranthus caudatus

Meanings

nounlove-lies-bleeding (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA tropical plant of species Amaranthus caudatus, that has clusters of little red flowers

    Synonyms: foxtail amaranth, pendant amaranth, tassel flower, quilete, velvet flower

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA tropical plant of species Amaranthus caudatus, that has clusters of little red flowers

Similar
foxtail amaranthpendant amaranthtassel flowerquiletevelvet flower

More synonyms by meaning

nounyoung leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal

Similar
velvet flowertassel flowerAmaranthus caudatus
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan moc de gall
  • moc de gallplant
French amarante queue-de-renard
  • amarante queue-de-renardplant
German Garten-Fuchsschwanz, Tausendschön
  • Garten-Fuchsschwanzplant
  • Tausendschönplant
Greek αμάραντη αγάπη
  • αμάραντη αγάπη (amáranti agápi)plant
Italian amaranto, kiwicha
  • amarantoplant
  • kiwichaplant
Japanese 紐鶏頭, 仙人穀
  • 紐鶏頭 (himo-geitō)plant
  • 仙人穀 (sennin-koku)plant
Romanian trompa elefantului, amarant
  • trompa elefantuluiplant
  • amarantplant
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APA

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Chicago

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