alternanthera means any of the herbaceous plants in the genus Alternanthera in the amaranth family. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Alternanthera.
noun
- 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 bed or along the front of a border.”