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alternantheras

alternantheras is the plural of alternanthera.

Meaning of alternanthera

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

Questions about alternantheras

What is alternantheras the plural of?
Alternantheras is the plural of alternanthera.

Words near alternantheras in the dictionary

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

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