amaranthus(n = noun.plant) genus amaranthus - large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs;
is a kind of caryophylloid dicot genus
is a member of amaranth family, amaranthaceae, family amaranthaceae

   Same as Amaranth. [1913 Webster]

amaranthus albus, amaranthus caudatus, amaranthus cruentus, amaranthus graecizans, amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, amaranthus hypochondriacus, amaranthus spinosus, genus amaranthus