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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Amaranth

/ăm'-ẽr-ănthˌ/ · Am·a·ranth · IPA /ˈæməˌɹænθ/
01 n. An imaginary flower supposed never to fade.
  1. 1.
    An imaginary flower supposed never to fade.[Poetic]
  2. 2.
    A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.(Bot.)
  3. 3.
    A color inclining to purple.