Amaranth

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Any of various annual plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense green or reddish clusters of tiny flowers and including weeds, ornamentals, and species cultivated for their edible leaves and seeds.
  • noun. The small edible seeds of several of these species.
  • noun. An imaginary flower that never fades.
  • noun. A deep reddish purple to dark or grayish, purplish red.
  • noun. A dark red to purple azo dye.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An imaginary flower supposed never to fade: used chiefly in poetry.
  • noun. A plant of the genus Amarantus (which see). The globe-amaranth, Gomphrena globosa, of the same natural order.
  • noun. A name given to mixtures of coloring matters of which the chief constituent is magenta (which see).
  • noun. Same as purple heart.
  • noun. An acid dyestuff, of the monoazo type, which dyes wool and silk a pure bluish red that is moderately fast to light and milling. It is known by various other names, as azo acid-rubine, Bordeaux S, and fast red.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An imaginary flower supposed never to fade.
  • noun. A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.
  • noun. A color inclining to purple.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of various herbs, of the genus Amaranthus.
  • noun. Their flowers' characteristic purplish red color; a red to purple azo dye used as a food colouring and in cosmetics.
  • noun. The seed of these plants, used as a cereal.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America
  • noun. any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food
  • Word Usage
    "Current interest in amaranth, while well-deserved, gives no indication of the cultural conflict it once caused during the sometimes painful birth of a new nation."
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