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AMARANTHINE: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:  `amu'ranthin

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  of an imaginary flower that never fades
  2. [adj]  of or related to the amaranth plant
 
 Synonyms: immortal, unfading
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Am`a*ran"thine\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to amaranth. ``Amaranthine bowers.''
   --Pope.
2. Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying.
         They only amaranthine flower on earth Is virtue.
                                               --Cowper.
3. Of a purplish color. --Buchanan.
 

 

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