1. 毛様茎と紫色が深くふきだした葉の上に通常赤い花の長い穂を持つ背の高い派手な熱帯アメリカの一年草(tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple)
2. 幅広い卵形の葉と深紅色の花が穂状に細長く垂れ下がる一年生植物(annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers)