amaranth

Definition of Amaranth in English :

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Noun

1. amaranth

seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America

2. amaranth

any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Amaranth

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noun

1. poetic

an imaginary flower that never fades

2.

any of numerous tropical and temperate plants of the genus Amaranthus, having tassel-like heads of small green, red, or purple flowers: family Amaranthaceae

See also love-lies-bleeding, tumbleweed, pigweed (sense 1)

3.

a synthetic red food colouring (E123), used in packet soups, cake mixes, etc

Amaranth

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noun

1.

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

2. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic

an imaginary flower that never fades or dies

3.

a dark purplish red

adjective

4.

designating a family (Amaranthaceae) of dicotyledonous plants (order Caryophyllales), including the cockscombs

Amaranth

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n.

1.

a. 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. Also called pigweed.

b. The small edible seeds of several of these species.

2. An imaginary flower that never fades.

3. A deep reddish purple to dark or grayish, purplish red.

4. A dark red to purple azo dye.

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