prince's feather

noun

Definition of PRINCE'S FEATHER

: a showy widely cultivated annual plant (Amaranthus hypochondriacus or A. cruentus) of the amaranth family having dense usually red spikes of flowers

First Known Use of PRINCE'S FEATHER

1629

Rhymes with PRINCE'S FEATHER

altogether, get-together, hang together, hell-for-leather, knock together, pull together, put together, saddle leather, tar and feather, throw together

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