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Love-lies-bleeding

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love-lies-bleed⋅ing

[luhv-lahyz-blee-ding]
–noun
an amaranth, esp. Amaranthus caudatus, having spikes of crimson flowers.

Origin:
1600–10
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love-lies-bleed·ing   (lŭv'līz-blē'dĭng)
n.  A tropical Indian plant (Amaranthus caudatus) having clusters of small red flowers.
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