Amaranth, pronounced xiàn.

I. Interpretation

Amaranth, an annual herb with slender stems, oval leaves, small greenish-white or yellowish-green flowers, and edible stems and leaves.

II. Stroke order

Horizontal, vertical, vertical, vertical, horizontal fold, apostrophe, vertical crook.

Three, Shuowen Jiezi

Amaranth, vegetables. From cursive, see sound.

Translation: amaranth, a herb, grass, present sound.

Amaranth, also known as green amaranth, red amaranth, red cabbage, rice amaranth, etc., for the amaranth family to the young stems and leaves for food of annual herbs, native to China, the Yangtze River Basin is widely cultivated, because of its resistance, easy to grow, like heat, drought, humidity, and fewer pests and diseases, it is the public's favorite of one of the main summer leafy green vegetables.

Amaranth is a kind of vegetable with high nutritional value, especially containing more iron, calcium and other minerals, as well as more carotene and vitamin C. There is a saying that "June amaranth, when the egg; July amaranth, gold".

Classification

1, green amaranth

Leaves and petioles green or yellowish-green, eaten with a harder texture than red amaranth and colored amaranth, more heat-resistant, suitable for spring and fall cultivation. The main varieties such as Hubei's horseshoe amaranth, round leaf green amaranth, plow amaranth, big hibiscus leaves and so on.

2, red amaranth

Leaf blade and petiole purple-red, edible taste than green amaranth soft, heat resistance moderate, suitable for spring cultivation. The main varieties are Hangzhou red round leaf, Guangzhou red amaranth, Hubei round leaf red amaranth, pig's ear red amaranth, Sichuan big red robe and so on.

3, colored amaranth

Leaf edge green, purple-red near the leaf veins, texture than the green amaranth soft and glutinous. Early maturity, strong cold resistance, suitable for early spring cultivation. The main varieties are Shanghai, Hangzhou area of a little pearl, pointed leaf red rice amaranth, Sichuan butterfly amaranth, scissors amaranth, Guangzhou pointed leaf red, middle leaf red, round leaf red and so on.

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