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am′aranth fam′ily, 
  1. Plant Biologythe 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' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
amaranth - amaranthaceous - cockscomb - prince's-feather - tampala

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