tassel flower
- noun
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amaranto
- The young leaves of the tassel flower are often used in salads and soups.
Examples
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Farmers in the region harvest tassel flower seeds as a nutritious cereal crop.
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The tassel flower is known for its nutritious leaves.
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She grows tassel flower in her garden for both its beauty and its edible leaves.
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I bought some tassel flowers at the market yesterday.
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The young leaves of the tassel flower are commonly used in salads and stir-fries for their nutritional value.
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Farmers often cultivate tassel flower for its edible leaves, which are popular in many cuisines.
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In her cooking class, she taught how to prepare dishes using tassel flower leaves as a main ingredient.
Synonyms
A plant grown for its edible leaves and seeds used like grain
A tall plant from warm countries with long hanging red flowers whose leaves are eaten and seeds used like grain
A tropical plant with young leaves eaten as a vegetable and seeds used like cereal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound 'tassel flower' is compositional: it denotes a flower characterized by tassel-like structures, so a learner who knows 'tassel' and 'flower' can infer it is a flower with tassel-shaped blooms. This follows regular English noun+noun word-formation and is not idiomatic or metaphorical, making the meaning predictable from its parts.
Etymology
Tassel flower comes from the plant's long, hanging seed and flower heads that look like a small tassel on a hat, and those heads hold many tiny seeds. Because people eat the young leaves and collect the seeds, the name is used for this 'edible' plant.
