amaranth

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An imaginary flower that does not wither.

   “Thouſands of flow'rs their ſilken webs unfold, / Amarants, immortal amarants ariſe, / Theſe beaming bright with vegetable gold, / And theſe with azure, theſe with Tyrian dyes; […]”

2. isim Any of various herbs of the genus Amaranthus.

   “In the Beginning of September, the Amaranths will have perfected their Seeds, ſo that you muſt make Choice of the largeſt, moſt beautiful, and beſt branching Plants of each Kind for Seed; […]”

3. isim The characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of these plants.

   “[F]rom the mixture of blue and ſcarlet are form'd amaranth, violet, and panſy; from the ſame mixture of blue and crimſon red are form'd the columbine or dove Colour, purple, crimſon, amaranth, panſy and crimſon violet.”

4. isim A red to purple azo dye used as a biological stain, and in some countries in cosmetics and as a food colouring. See Amaranth (dye).
5. isim The seed of these plants, used as a cereal.