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Amaranth

noun

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

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

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"Amaranth" Quotes from Famous Books

... don't want the lead," said the pilot, "I want you. Roust out the old man—tell him the Amaranth's coming. And ...

— The Gilded Age, Part 1. • Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and Charles Dudley Warner

... taught betimes that all their gorgeous dreams Were only born to vanish in this life, Refused to fit them to this narrow sphere, But chose to figure forth another world And other frames meet for their vast desires,— Still, all a dream! Thus was life scorned; but life Shall yet be crowned: twine amaranth! ...

— Introduction to Robert Browning • Hiram Corson

... is no amaranth, no pomegranate here, But can your heart forget the Christmas rose, The crocuses ...

— Essays from 'The Guardian' • Walter Horatio Pater

... had occurred, and folding up the packet, hurried to the opposite quarter of the town where Shunah Shoo lived. It was then in the dusk of the evening, and I was fearful it was too late for me to be recognised; but after I had taken two or three turns in the street, I saw the white amaranth I had given Veenah, suspended by a thread from the lattice of an upper window. I immediately held up the packet, and soon afterwards a cord was let down from the same lattice to the ground. To this I hastily fastened the paper, and passed on to avoid ...

— A Voyage to the Moon • George Tucker

... The sound vibrated into silence. The auks screamed. Hawks shrilled. From the far interior valleys came the echoed wolf-howling of Eskimo dogs. There the mountain tops, perpetually covered with ice and snow, gleamed through the clouds with running colors of amaranth, green and mottled gold. The air swam with frigid fire. As the tribe stood in silence along the shore, a roar as of gatling guns pealed from the mist-hidden heights. After a taut moment of silence, a frightened scream rose from every living thing on ...

— The Eternal Maiden • T. Everett Harre

Words linked to "Amaranth" : thorny amaranth, herb, pigweed, herbaceous plant, tumbleweed, Amaranthus graecizans, prince's-feather, gentleman's-cane, love-lies-bleeding, prince's-plume, tassel flower, velvet flower, grain, caryopsis