amaranthine

2 definitions found

amaranthine - 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

amaranthine - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  amaranthine
      adj 1: of or related to the amaranth plant
      2: of an imaginary flower that never fades [syn: amaranthine,
         unfading]