amaranth

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  1. noun Any of various annuals of the genus Amaranthus having dense green or reddish clusters of tiny flowers and including several weeds, ornamentals, and food plants. Also called pigweed.
  2. noun An imaginary flower that never fades.
  3. noun A deep reddish purple to dark or grayish, purplish red.
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  • The crew were men from Algarve, with tanned skins, dressed in short drawers and jackets of amaranth-coloured velvet, with Venetian caps on their heads. —  Memoirs
  • The Fuel: A favorite of the Aztecs, the grain amaranth (although I prefer to call it by its other name, pigweed) is high in protein (each serving of Jama's bar mix contains 8 grams), and also provides iron and calcium. —  This Just In
  • A successful planting of amaranth, an old grain that came to us via the Aztec culture. —  Judy Wise
  • • Palmer amaranth is a highly competitive weed that can Preemergence treatments • Yields were greater in Lumax plots than in untreated check greatly reduce sorghum grain yields. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Ancient grains such as amaranth, quinoa and teff some of these grains, although Packaged Facts adds that more education is needed to boost awareness of how to properly cook them. —  FoodNavigator-USA RSS
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  1. New Latin Amaranthus, genus name, alteration of Latin amarantus, from Greek amarantos, unfading : a-, not; see a-1 + marainein, to wither; see mer- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. More correctly amarant, from Middle English amaraunt, from Latin amarantus (often written amaranthus, simulating Greek ἂνθος, a flower), from Greek ἀμάραντος, amarant, properly an adjective, unfading, from ἀ- privative + μαραίνειν, wither, fade, akin to L. mori, Sanskrit √ mar, die: see mortal. Cf. ambrosia and amrita. The flower is so called because when picked it does not wither.
 

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