amaranthaceous

[am-uh-ran-they-shuh s]

adjective

belonging to the plant family Amaranthaceae.

Compare amaranth family.

Origin of amaranthaceous

1830–40; < New Latin Amaranthace(ae) (Amaranth(us) amaranth + -aceae -aceae) + -ous

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British Dictionary definitions for amaranthaceous

amaranthaceous

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Amaranthaceae (or Amarantaceae), a family of tropical and temperate herbaceous or shrubby flowering plants that includes the amaranths and cockscomb

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