globe amaranth

noun

1. a plant, Gomphrena globosa, native to the Old World tropics, having dense heads of variously colored flowers that retain their color when cut.

Word History and Origins

Origin of globe amaranth¹

First recorded in 1725–35; so called from the globose flower head

Example Sentences

In Globe Amaranth (Fig. 299) there is a single cell without vestige of any other.

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