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单词 amarants
释义

amarant /amˈə-rant/ or amaranth /amˈə-ranth/

noun
  1. A fabled never-fading flower, emblem of immortality
  2. Any species of Amarantˈus or Amaranˈthus, the love-lies-bleeding genus, with richly coloured long-lasting spikes, giving name to the family Amarantāˈceae or Amaranthāˈceae, related to the goosefoots
  3. (amaranth) a highly nutritious S American cereal (also grain amaranth)
  4. A type of dye used for colouring foodstuffs
ORIGIN: Gr amarantos, from a- (privative), and marainein to wither; the th forms from confusion with anthos flower

amarantāˈceous or amaranthaˈceous adjective

amarantˈin adjective (Milton)

  1. Of or like amaranth
  2. Fadeless
  3. Immortal
  4. Purple

amarantˈine or amaranˈthine /-īn/ adjective

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