prince's-feather
noun
a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
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prince's feather
prince's feathernounan amaranthaceous garden plant, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, with spikes of bristly brownish-red flowers
prince's-feather
American
[prin-siz-feth-er]
/ ˈprɪn sɪzˈfɛθ ər /
noun
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a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
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a hairy, much-branched, plant, Polygonum orientale, of the buckwheat family, native to Asia and Australia, having pink or rose-colored flower spikes, naturalized in North America.
prince's feather
British
noun
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an amaranthaceous garden plant, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, with spikes of bristly brownish-red flowers
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a tall tropical polygonaceous plant, Polygonum orientale, with hanging spikes of pink flowers
Etymology
Origin of prince's-feather
First recorded in 1620–30
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Ainsworth has prince's feather, for the amaranth; Johnson, Chalmers, Walker, and Maunder, write it princes-feather; Webster and Worcester, princes'-feather; Bolles has it princesfeather: and here they are all wrong, for the word should be prince's-feather.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
"And prince's-feather," added the lawyer, reminiscently; "that used to be a favourite of mine, I remember, when I was a country lad."
From The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
In Vinie Mocket's garden withered and bent stalk showed where had been zinnia and prince's feather, and the grapevine over the porch was but a mass of twisted stems.
From Lewis Rand by Mary Johnston
The hens were clucking and scratching brown holes in the flower beds, and the wind was teasing the prince's feather by the door.
From O Pioneers! by Willa Sibert Cather
The short path was lined with zinnias and with prince's feather and the porch covered with a shady grapevine.
From Lewis Rand by Mary Johnston
Finding the gorgeous spike of golden blossoms without a common name, she called it—most happily—the golden prince's feather.
From A Bird-Lover in the West by Olive Thorne Miller
Over there are things that won't blossom till late—asters, tiger-lilies and prince's feather.
From Lavender and Old Lace by Myrtle Reed
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