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amaranth
noun
- any of a genus (Amaranthus) of plants of the amaranth family: some species, as the love-lies-bleeding, have colorful leaves and showy, tassel-like flower heads and other species, as pigweed or tumbleweed, are weeds
- Old Poet. an imaginary flower that never fades or dies
- a dark purplish red
adjective
designating a family (Amaranthaceae) of dicotyledonous plants (order Caryophyllales), including the cockscombs
See amaranth in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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