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[syn: amaranthine, unfading]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Amaranthine \Am`a*ran"thine\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to amaranth. "Amaranthine bowers."
--Pope.
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2. Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying.
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They only amaranthine flower on earth
Is virtue. --Cowper.
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3. Of a purplish color. --Buchanan.
[1913 Webster] Amaranthus
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
amaranthine
adj 1: of or related to the amaranth plant
2: of an imaginary flower that never fades [syn: amaranthine,
unfading]