| Noun | 1. | Amaranthaceae - cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubsCelosia, genus Celosia - annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa Froelichia, genus Froelichia - genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed genus Gomphrena, Gomphrena - genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads; tropical America and Australia | |