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alternanthera

alternanthera noun: any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Alternanthera in the amaranth family.

alternanthera: any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Alternanthera in the amaranth family
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Noun

alternanthera (plural alternantheras)

  1. Any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Alternanthera in the amaranth family.
    • Various cultivars of purple-leaved Heuchera (coral bells), crimson-leaved annuals such as Solonostemon 'Red Carpet' (coleus), Alternanthera dentata 'Rubiginosa' (alternanthera), and the splendid shrublike annual Euphorbia cotinifolia (red spurge)—these dark reds help carry the eye around a planting...2009 August 25, Lynden B Miller, Parks Plants and People: Beautifying The Urban Landscape, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 100
    Synonyms:
    joyweed, Joseph's coat

alternanthera meaning in Indonesian

alternanthera in Indonesian

Translations
keremak

Synonyms of alternanthera

Forms of alternanthera

pluralalternantheras

Origin of alternanthera

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Alternanthera.

Questions about alternanthera

What does alternanthera mean?
Alternanthera means any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Alternanthera in the amaranth family.
What is alternanthera in Indonesian?
Alternanthera in Indonesian is keremak. See Alternanthera meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is alternanthera?
Alternanthera is a noun.
What is the plural of alternanthera?
The plural of alternanthera is alternantheras.

Words near alternanthera in the dictionary

  1. alternance
  2. alternances
  3. alternansucrase
  4. alternansucrases
  5. alternant
  6. alternanthera
  7. alternantheras
  8. alternants
  9. alternapop
  10. alternapyrone
  11. alternariasis

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