1. 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
   "prince's-feather is a popular choice for dramatic garden displays";
   - gentleman's-cane, prince's-plume, red amaranth, purple amaranth, Amaranthus cruentus, Amaranthus hybridus hypochondriacus, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys
    
2. Annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America
   "Prince's-feather adds dramatic height to cottage gardens";
   - princess feather, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, prince's-plume, Polygonum orientale

Derived forms: prince's-feathers

Type of: amaranth, subshrub, suffrutex

Part of: genus Polygonum, Polygonum

Encyclopedia: Prince's-feather