amaranth /ˈæməɹænθ/ noun5 •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; […] — 1733 •The seed of these plants, used as a cereal. •The characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of these plants. •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). •(literary, old-fashioned) 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; […] — 1760 formsamaranths
