amaranth
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An imaginary flower supposed never to fade.
A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.
A color inclining to purple.
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We wake and whisper awhile, But, the day gone by, Silence and sleep like fields Of amaranth lie.
There are no fields of amaranth on this side of the grave: there are no voices, O Rhodopè! that are not soon mute, however tuneful: there is no name, with whatever emphasis of passionate love repeated, of which the echo is not faint at last.
"Amarantos" is the name of a several-centuries-old popular Greek folk-song: Look at the amaranth: on tall mountains it grows, on the very stones and rocks and places inaccessible.
Alongside its wholesomeness and versatility, amaranth – in the form of both seed and flour – has seen increased use in new food launches across the global market, and also in Poland.
Among these are cendrée, or ash-colour; brunâtre, or brown; bleu-céleste or bleu de ciel, sky blue; amaranth or columbine, a bright violet-red or pink colour; and carnation, commonly used to represent flesh in French heraldry.
Liddell, Henry George ; Scott, Robert ; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project (amárantos), "unfading," with the Greek word for "flower," ἄνθος main (ánthos), factoring into the word's development as amaranth.