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    THORNY AMARANTH

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodesplay

    Synonyms:

    Amaranthus spinosus; thorny amaranth

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("thorny amaranth" is a kind of...):

    herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

    Holonyms ("thorny amaranth" is a member of...):

    Amaranthus; genus Amaranthus (large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs)

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