Amaranthus spinosus : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

   amaranth
         n 1: seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central
               and South America
         2: any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense
            plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food

English Dictionary: Amaranthus spinosus	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amaranth family n cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs [syn: Amaranthaceae, family Amaranthaceae, amaranth family]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amaranthaceae n cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs [syn: Amaranthaceae, family Amaranthaceae, amaranth family]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amaranthine adj of or related to the amaranth plant of an imaginary flower that never fades Synonym(s): amaranthine, unfading
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amaranthus n large widely distributed genus of chiefly coarse annual herbs Synonym(s): Amaranthus, genus Amaranthus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amaranthus albus n bushy plant of western United States [syn: tumbleweed, Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amaranthus caudatus n young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal Synonym(s): love-lies-bleeding, velvet flower, tassel flower, Amaranthus caudatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amaranthus cruentus n tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal Synonym(s): prince's-feather, gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume, red amaranth, purple amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amaranthus graecizans n bushy plant of western United States [syn: tumbleweed, Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys n tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal Synonym(s): prince's-feather, gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume, red amaranth, purple amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus n tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple; seeds often used as cereal Synonym(s): prince's-feather, gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume, red amaranth, purple amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amaranthus hypochondriacus n leaves sometimes used as potherbs; seeds used as cereal; southern United States to Central America; India and China Synonym(s): pigweed, Amaranthus hypochondriacus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amaranthus spinosus n erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes Synonym(s): thorny amaranth, Amaranthus spinosus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amerind adj of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages; "Native American religions"; "Indian arrowheads" Synonym(s): Indian, Amerind, Amerindic, Native American n any of the languages spoken by Amerindians [syn: Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amerindian n any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived Synonym(s): Amerindian, Native American
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amerindian language n any of the languages spoken by Amerindians [syn: Amerind, Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amerindian race n usually included in the Mongoloid race [syn: Indian race, Amerindian race]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Amerindic adj of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages; "Native American religions"; "Indian arrowheads" Synonym(s): Indian, Amerind, Amerindic, Native American
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
amrinone n a drug (trade name Inocor) used intravenously in heart failure; increases strength of contraction of myocardium Synonym(s): amrinone, Inocor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aneurin n a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth Synonym(s): vitamin B1, thiamine, thiamin, aneurin, antiberiberi factor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anuran adj relating to frogs and toads [syn: anuran, batrachian, salientian] n any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species Synonym(s): frog, toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian, salientian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ayn Rand n United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982) Synonym(s): Rand, Ayn Rand
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Marmot \Mar"mot\, n. [It. marmotta, marmotto, prob. fr. L. mus montanus, or mus montis, lit., mountain mouse or rat. See {Mountain}, and {Mouse}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any rodent of the genus {Arctomys}. The common European marmot ({A. marmotta}) is about the size of a rabbit, and inhabits the higher regions of the Alps and Pyrenees. The bobac is another European species. The common American species ({A. monax}) is the woodchuck.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Murrain \Mur"rain\, n. [OE. moreine, OF. morine, fr. OF. morir, murir, 8die, L. mori, moriri.] (Far.) An infectious and fatal disease among cattle. --Bacon. {A murrain on you}, may you be afflicted with a pestilent disease. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amarant \Am"a*rant\, n. Amaranth, 1. [Obs.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amarantaceous \Am`aranta"ceous\, a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the type.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amaranth \Am"a*ranth\, n. [L. amarantus, Gr. [?], unfading, amaranth; 'a priv. + [?] to quench, cause to wither, fr. a root meaning to die, akin to E. mortal; -- so called because its flowers do not soon wither: cf. F. amarante. The spelling with th seems to be due to confusion with Gr. [?] flower.] 1. An imaginary flower supposed never to fade. [Poetic] 2. (Bot.) A genus of ornamental annual plants ({Amaranthus}) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers. 2. A color inclining to purple.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amaranthine \Am`a*ran"thine\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to amaranth. [bd]Amaranthine bowers.[b8] --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amaranthus \Am`aran"thus\ ([acr]m`[adot]r[acr]n"th[ucr]s), d8Amarantus \[d8]Am`aran"tus\ ([acr]m`[adot]r[acr]n"t[ucr]s), n. Same as {Amaranth}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tumbleweed \Tum"ble*weed`\, n. (Bot.) Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, {Amarantus albus}, etc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prince \Prince\, n. [F., from L. princeps, -cipis, the first, chief; primus first + capere to take. See {Prime}, a., and {Capacious}.] 1. The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female. --Wyclif (Rev. i. 5). Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince. --Milton. Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex. --Camden. 2. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood. --Shak. 3. A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family. 4. The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class or profession; one who is pre[89]minent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players. [bd]The prince of learning.[b8] --Peacham. {Prince-Albert coat}, a long double-breasted frock coat for men. {Prince of the blood}, {Prince consort}, {Prince of darkness}. See under {Blood}, {Consort}, and {Darkness}. {Prince of Wales}, the oldest son of the English sovereign. {Prince's feather} (Bot.), a name given to two annual herbs ({Amarantus caudatus} and {Polygonum orientale}), with apetalous reddish flowers arranged in long recurved panicled spikes. {Prince's metal}, {Prince Rupert's metal}. See under {Metal}. {Prince's pine}. (Bot.) See {Pipsissewa}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thrumwort \Thrum"wort`\, n. (Bot.) A kind of amaranth ({Amarantus caudatus}). --Dr. Prior.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Love \Love\, n. [OE. love, luve, AS. lufe, lufu; akin to E. lief, believe, L. lubet, libet,it pleases, Skr. lubh to be lustful. See {Lief}.] 1. A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; pre[89]minent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters. Of all the dearest bonds we prove Thou countest sons' and mothers' love Most sacred, most Thine own. --Keble. 2. Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex. He on his side Leaning half-raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. --Milton. 3. Courtship; -- chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage. Demetrius . . . Made love to Nedar's daughter, Helena, And won her soul. --Shak. 4. Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; -- opposed to {hate}; often with of and an object. Love, and health to all. --Shak. Smit with the love of sacred song. --Milton. The love of science faintly warmed his breast. --Fenton. 5. Due gratitude and reverence to God. Keep yourselves in the love of God. --Jude 21. 6. The object of affection; -- often employed in endearing address. [bd]Trust me, love.[b8] --Dryden. Open the temple gates unto my love. --Spenser. 7. Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus. Such was his form as painters, when they show Their utmost art, on naked Lores bestow. --Dryden. Therefore do nimble-pinioned doves draw Love. --Shak. 8. A thin silk stuff. [Obs.] --Boyle. 9. (Bot.) A climbing species of Clematis ({C. Vitalba}). 10. Nothing; no points scored on one side; -- used in counting score at tennis, etc. He won the match by three sets to love. --The Field. Note: Love is often used in the formation of compounds, in most of which the meaning is very obvious; as, love-cracked, love-darting, love-killing, love-linked, love-taught, etc. {A labor of love}, a labor undertaken on account of regard for some person, or through pleasure in the work itself, without expectation of reward. {Free love}, the doctrine or practice of consorting with one of the opposite sex, at pleasure, without marriage. See {Free love}. {Free lover}, one who avows or practices free love. {In love}, in the act of loving; -- said esp. of the love of the sexes; as, to be in love; to fall in love. {Love apple} (Bot.), the tomato. {Love bird} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small, short-tailed parrots, or parrakeets, of the genus {Agapornis}, and allied genera. They are mostly from Africa. Some species are often kept as cage birds, and are celebrated for the affection which they show for their mates. {Love broker}, a person who for pay acts as agent between lovers, or as a go-between in a sexual intrigue. --Shak. {Love charm}, a charm for exciting love. --Ld. Lytton. {Love child}. an illegitimate child. --Jane Austen. {Love day}, a day formerly appointed for an amicable adjustment of differences. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. --Chaucer. {Love drink}, a love potion; a philter. --Chaucer. {Love favor}, something given to be worn in token of love. {Love feast}, a religious festival, held quarterly by some religious denominations, as the Moravians and Methodists, in imitation of the agap[91] of the early Christians. {Love feat}, the gallant act of a lover. --Shak. {Love game}, a game, as in tennis, in which the vanquished person or party does not score a point. {Love grass}. [G. liebesgras.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus {Eragrostis}. {Love-in-a-mist}. (Bot.) (a) An herb of the Buttercup family ({Nigella Damascena}) having the flowers hidden in a maze of finely cut bracts. (b) The West Indian {Passiflora f[d2]tida}, which has similar bracts. {Love-in-idleness} (Bot.), a kind of violet; the small pansy. A little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound; And maidens call it love-in-idleness. --Shak. {Love juice}, juice of a plant supposed to produce love. --Shak. {Love knot}, a knot or bow, as of ribbon; -- so called from being used as a token of love, or as a pledge of mutual affection. --Milman. {Love lass}, a sweetheart. {Love letter}, a letter of courtship. --Shak. {Love-lies-bleeding} (Bot.), a species of amaranth ({Amarantus melancholicus}). {Love match}, a marriage brought about by love alone. {Love potion}, a compounded draught intended to excite love, or venereal desire. {Love rites}, sexual intercourse. --Pope {Love scene}, an exhibition of love, as between lovers on the stage. {Love suit}, courtship. --Shak. {Of all loves}, for the sake of all love; by all means. [Obs.] [bd]Mrs. Arden desired him of all loves to come back again.[b8] --Holinshed. {The god of love}, [or] {Love god}, Cupid. {To make love to}, to express affection for; to woo. [bd]If you will marry, make your loves to me.[b8] --Shak. {To play for love}, to play a game, as at cards, without stakes. [bd]A game at piquet for love.[b8] --Lamb. Syn: Affection; friendship; kindness; tenderness; fondness; delight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flower-gentle \Flow"er-gen`tle\, n. (Bot.) A species of amaranth ({Amarantus melancholicus}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Amarine \Am"a*rine\, n. [L. amarus bitter.] (Chem.) A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A-mornings \A-morn"ings\, adv. [See {Amorwe}. The -s is a genitival ending. See {-wards}.] In the morning; every morning. [Obs.] And have such pleasant walks into the woods A-mornings. --J. Fletcher.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
, but contains in adition a large number of crystalline bodies, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin, carnin, etc. It is also rich in phosphate of potash. 2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish. With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread. --Chaucer. 3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person. As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable. --Shak. 4. The human eace; mankind; humanity. All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. --Gen. vi. 12. 5. Human nature: (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. --Cowper. (b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality. (c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences. 6. Kindred; stock; race. He is our brother and our flesh. --Gen. xxxvii. 27. 7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten. Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound. {After the flesh}, after the manner of man; in a gross or earthly manner. [bd]Ye judge after the flesh.[b8] --John viii. 15. {An arm of flesh}, human strength or aid. {Flesh and blood}. See under {Blood}. {Flesh broth}, broth made by boiling flesh in water. {Flesh fly} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of flies whose larv[91] or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle fly; -- called also {meat fly}, {carrion fly}, and {blowfly}. See {Blowly}. {Flesh meat}, animal food. --Swift. {Flesh side}, the side of a skin or hide which was next to the flesh; -- opposed to grain side. {Flesh tint} (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate the hue of the living body. {Flesh worm} (Zo[94]l.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See {Flesh fly} (above). {Proud flesh}. See under {Proud}. {To be one flesh}, to be closely united as in marriage; to become as one person. --Gen. ii. 24.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crookbill \Crook"bill`\ ( -b?l`), n. (Zo[94]l) A New Zealand plover ({Anarhynchus frontalis}), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anharmonic \An`har*mon"ic\, a. [F. anharmonique, fr. Gr. 'an priv. + [?] harmonic.] (Math.) Not harmonic. {The anharmonic function} or {ratio} of four points abcd on a straight line is the quantity (ac/ad):(bc/bd), where the segments are to be regarded as plus or minus, according to the order of the letters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anormal \A*nor"mal\, a. [F. anormal. See {Abnormal}, {Normal}.] Not according to rule; abnormal. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anorn \A*norn\, v. t. [OF. a[94]rner, a[94]urner, fr. L. adornare to adorn. The form a-ourne was corrupted into anourne.] To adorn. [Obs.] --Bp. Watson.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Anne Arundel County, MD (county, FIPS 3) Location: 38.99233 N, 76.56936 W Population (1990): 427239 (157194 housing units) Area: 1077.3 sq km (land), 445.4 sq km (water)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Amram kindred of the High; i.e., "friend of Jehovah." (1.) The son of Kohath, the son of Levi. He married Jochebed, "his father's sister," and was the father of Aaron, Miriam, and Moses (Ex. 6:18, 20; Num. 3:19). He died in Egypt at the age of 137 years (Ex. 6:20). His descendants were called Amramites (Num. 3:27; 1 Chr. 26:23). (2.) Ezra 10:34.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Amram, an exalted people; their sheaves; handfuls of corn