prince's-plume meaning and definition

PRINCE'S-PLUME noun

Definition of prince's-plume (noun)

1. annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America
   • synonyms: kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, Polygonum orientale, prince's-feather, princess feather
2. perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome
   • synonyms: Cleome pinnata, desert plume, Stanleya pinnata
3. 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
   • synonyms: Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, gentleman's-cane, prince's-feather, purple amaranth, red amaranth