Amaranthus cruentus
       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: prince's-feather,
            gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume, red amaranth, purple
           amaranth, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, Amaranthus
           hybridus erythrostachys]