Definition of Love-lies-bleeding

Love Lies Bleeding may refer to:

• Amaranthus caudatus, the annual flowering plant
• Love-Lies-Bleeding, the Don DeLillo play
• "Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding", for the Elton John song

Amaranthus caudatus is a species of annual flowering plant. It goes by common names such as Loves-lies-bleeding, Pendant amaranth, Tassel flower, Velvet flower, Foxtail amaranth, and Quilete. Many parts of the plants, including the leaves and seeds, are edible, and are frequently used as a source of food in India and South America — where it is the most important Andean species of Amaranthus, known as Kiwicha (see also andean ancient plants). This species, as with many other of the Amaranths, are originally from the American tropics. The exact origin is unknown, as A. caudatus is believed to be a wild Amaranthus hybridus aggregate.

Love-Lies-Bleeding is the title of a three act play by Don DeLillo. It is his third play and premiered May 2, 2005 at the Fulton Street Theater in Boise, Idaho, directed by DeLillo himself. Subsequently the play has been produced at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and again in Boise at the Boise Contemporary Theater. The international premiere was July 7, 2007 in Sydney, Australia with Lee Lewis directing Robyn Nevin, Australia's most acclaimed theatre actress, in the Sydney Theatre Company production.