the plant family Amaranthaceae, typified by herbaceous, often weedy plants having alternate or opposite leaves and small, chaffy flowers without petals in brightly colored dense clusters, including the cockscomb, pigweed, and amaranth.
AMARANTH FAMILY
Meaning of AMARANTH FAMILY in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012