any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food | any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass |
seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America | bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds |
| bushy plant of western United States |
| prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States |