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Definition of: amaranth
(am′ə·ranth) noun
1. Any of a genus (Amaranthus) of weedy, mostly annual herbs, having spikes of small green or purplish flowers with a dry, persistent calyx.
2. A deep purplish hue.
3. An imaginary never-fading flower. [<L amarantus <Gk. amarantos, lit., unfading <a-not + marainein wither]
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