amaranth vs gentleman's-cane

gentleman's-cane vs amaranth

amaranth and gentleman's-cane both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
amaranth	Yes	No	No	No
gentleman's-cane	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gentleman's-cane is a hyponym of amaranth; that is, gentleman's-cane is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than amaranth:

amaranth: any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food
gentleman's-cane: 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

Other hyponyms of amaranth include Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans, tumbleweed, Amaranthus caudatus, love-lies-bleeding, tassel flower, velvet flower, Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, prince's-feather, prince's-plume, purple amaranth, red amaranth, Amaranthus hypochondriacus, pigweed.

amaranth (noun)	gentleman's-cane (noun)
any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food	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
seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America

Difference between amaranth and gentleman's-cane

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