amarant(h)n.

/ˈæmərænt//-ænθ/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s amaranthe.

Etymology: < French amarante, < Latin amarant-us, < Greek ἀμάραντ-ος, used as name of a flower, but properly adj. ‘everlasting,’ < ἀ not + *-μαραντ-ος fading, corruptible, < μαρ-αν- stem of μαραίν-ειν to wither, decay (root mar-, mor- die). Long used in the Latin form amarantus, corruptly written (by form-assoc. with polyanthus, etc.) amaranthus, as if containing the Greek ἄνθος flower; amarant (now commonly amaranth) being at first only poetic.

1. An imaginary flower reputed never to fade; a fadeless flower (as a poetic conception). Also attrib.

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the world > plants > [noun] > imaginary or fabulous

amarant1623

asphodel1637

haemony1637

sukebind1932

1623 W. Drummond Flowres of Sion 24 Vpon her head she ware Of Amaranthes a Crowne.

c1630 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 17 Th' immortal amaranthus.

1638 Milton Lycidas in Obsequies Edward King 24 in Justa Edouardo King Bid Amaranthus all his beauty shed.

1667 Milton Paradise Lost iii. 353 Thir Crowns inwove with Amarant and Gold, Immortal Amarant.

1815 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 13 274 His laurels are entwined with the amaranths of righteousness.

1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. lxxxv. 134 The genial amarant wreath to wear.

2. A genus of ornamental plants ( Amarantus, family Amarantaceæ) with coloured foliage, of which the Prince's Feather and Love-lies-bleeding are species.

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1551 W. Turner New Herball 22 Amaranthus of Pliny..is rather a purple eare then a floure.

1590 Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vi. sig. Hh7, Sad Amaranthus, in whose purple gore Me seemes I see Amintas wretched fate.

1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 258 The herbe..called purple veluet flower, or Amaranthus.

1626 Bacon Sylva Sylvarum §512 (R.) Some Plants Blood-Red, Stalke and Leafe, and all; as Amaranthus.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dict. Œcon. Amaranthus, Flower Gentle, called by some, Princes Feathers.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 218 The Crested Amaranth..is commonly called Cock's-comb.

1847 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom (ed. 2) 510 Amaranths grow in crowds or singly.

3. A purple colour, being that of the foliage of Amarantus.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun] > other purples

amarant1690

plum colour1714

mulberry colour1776

plum1873

Babylonian1882

heliotrope1882

mulberry1882

helio1894

aubergine1895

orchid1923

1690 London Gaz. mmdlv/4 One amarant and green Mantua and Petticoat.

1858 J. R. Planché Fairy Tales 74 Her dress was of amaranth satin.

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Categories »

4. globe amaranth (see globe n. Compounds 2).

5. yellow amaranth n. A composite plant ( Helichrysum Stœchas).

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > everlasting or immortelle

yellow amaranth1551

gold-flower1578

mothwort1578

God's flower1597

golden cudweed1597

golden mothwort1597

moth-weed1597

aurelia1598

everlasting flower1610

everlasting1633

helichrysum1664

yellowheads1712

immortal herb1731

xeranthemum1736

eternal flower1785

immortelle1832

strawflower1924

1551 W. Turner New Herball 23 The herbe..called of Galene amaranthus..hath a little white branche..the tope is al yelowe.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 89 Ageratum Aurelia..of some Amaranthus Luteus.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Amarantus luteus, flower maudlin, or baltazar with a yellow flour.

1875 I. L. Bird Hawaiian Archip. 134 Roses, pohas, yellow amaranth.

6. = purple heart n. 1a and (rare) b. Chiefly U.S.

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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies

sweetwood1607

mastic1657

acajou1666

bastard locust tree1670

alligator wood1696

muskwood1696

lancewood1697

rodwood1716

cog-wood1725

soapwood1733

down tree?1740

pigeon plum1743

break-axe tree1756

horse-wood1756

loblolly whitewood1756

Spanish elm1756

trumpet-tree1756

ahuehuete1778

ocote1787

locust tree1795

Madeira wood1796

peroba1813

roble1814

louro1816

cecropia1824

purple heart1825

wallaba1825

trumpet-wood1836

gumbo-limbo1837

poui1838

quebracho1839

snake-wood1843

yacca1843

horseflesh wood1851

necklace tree1858

Honduras rosewood1860

turanira1862

softwood1864

wattle-wood1864

balsa tree1866

primavera1871

rauli1874

lemon-wood1879

wheel-tree1882

Spanish stopper1883

gurgeon-stopper1884

pinkwood-tree1884

stopper1884

sloth-tree1885

imbaubaa1893

Spanish cedar1907

amarant1909

Parana pine1916

imbuya1919

mastic-bully1920

banak1921

timbo1924

becuiba1934

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of West Indies and Central America

guaiacum1533

guaiac1558

lignum vitae1594

sweetwood1607

green ebony1665

princewoodc1665

alligator wood1696

pimento wood1712

greenheart1719

mahoea1726

galimeta-wood1756

determa1769

bullet-wood1843

cocobolo1849

lancewood1858

silver-balli1858

yari-yari1858

Honduras rosewood1860

sabicu1866

amarant1909

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > other (South or Central) American woods

palisander1843

cocobolo1849

amarant1947

louro1980

1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl.

1924 S. J. Record & C. D. Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. ii. 234 Peltogyne... Common names: purple heart..amaranth.

1930 Heal & Son Catal. 14 The timbers that invite the craftsman's hand..Macassar Ebony, Amaranth and Palisander.

1931 Tropical Woods XXV. 1 (heading) Use of amaranth for interior trim and flooring.

1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods of Sculpture x. 285 Amaranth wood or Purpleheart is a rich, violet-colored, tropical hardwood imported from the Guianas.

Draft additions 1993

b. A moderately fast red azo dye used for dyeing textiles and as a biological stain and food colouring.

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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs

madderOE

grain1335

alkanet1343

Brazilc1386

crop-maddera1399

red-scarletc1400

alcanna?a1425

lac?c1425

madder root?c1450

incarnationa1475

jarecork1483

orchil1483

mull1507

orcanet1548

Bristol-red1551

red sanders1553

cochineal1582

safflower1583

chay1588

Pernambuco1595

red sanderswood1598

redwood1634

peach woodc1638

scarlet1653

mesteque1667

bow-dye1676

sylvester1697

corkir1703

gamene1703

orchilla1703

crap1721

saffranon1731

kino1788

Turkey red1789

lizary1791

granilla1812

munjeet1813

rubiate1835

orcein1838

purpurin1839

ruby wood1843

sassafrid1852

aal1853

pink salt1853

magenta1860

fuchsine1865

paeonin1865

safranine1868

corallin1873

marina1874

Magdala red1875

alizarin1878

eosin1879

Turkey red oil1879

roccelline1880

ponceau1885

amarant1888

phloxine1890

hypernic1897

Turkish red1900

Lithol red1930

1888 Jrnl. Soc. Dyers & Colourists 4 46/2 An ‘amaranth’ is produced by several colour works from the residue of magenta.

1936 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. 136 234 A search for an alternative colour led us to examine amaranth, which gives a good clear red, described as ‘raspberry’ in the list.

1976 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 20 Jan. 1/6 Schmidt's order will permit manufacturers to sell products that already contain the color additive, known generically as amaranth, but will prohibit them from using existing stocks.

1984 L. E. Parker in J. Walford Devel. in Food Colours II. i. 8 Studies were being carried out in other parts of the world on amaranth, a colour to which an ADI had been assigned and which was on the EEC list of permitted colours. These studies resulted in the banning of amaranth in the USA, and a need to reconsider its status in the EEC.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online June 2011).

单词	amarant(h)
释义	amarant(h)n. /ˈæmərænt//-ænθ/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s amaranthe. Etymology: < French amarante, < Latin amarant-us, < Greek ἀμάραντ-ος, used as name of a flower, but properly adj. ‘everlasting,’ < ἀ not + -μαραντ-ος fading, corruptible, < μαρ-αν-* stem of μαραίν-ειν to wither, decay (root mar-, mor- die). Long used in the Latin form amarantus, corruptly written (by form-assoc. with polyanthus, etc.) amaranthus, as if containing the Greek ἄνθος flower; amarant (now commonly amaranth) being at first only poetic. 1. An imaginary flower reputed never to fade; a fadeless flower (as a poetic conception). Also attrib. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > [noun] > imaginary or fabulous amarant1623 asphodel1637 haemony1637 sukebind1932 1623 W. Drummond Flowres of Sion 24 Vpon her head she ware Of Amaranthes a Crowne. c1630 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 17 Th' immortal amaranthus. 1638 Milton Lycidas in Obsequies Edward King 24 in Justa Edouardo King Bid Amaranthus all his beauty shed. 1667 Milton Paradise Lost iii. 353 Thir Crowns inwove with Amarant and Gold, Immortal Amarant. View more context for this quotation 1815 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 13 274 His laurels are entwined with the amaranths of righteousness. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year II. lxxxv. 134 The genial amarant wreath to wear. 2. A genus of ornamental plants ( Amarantus, family Amarantaceæ) with coloured foliage, of which the Prince's Feather and Love-lies-bleeding are species. ΚΠ 1551 W. Turner New Herball 22 Amaranthus of Pliny..is rather a purple eare then a floure. 1590 Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vi. sig. Hh7, Sad Amaranthus, in whose purple gore Me seemes I see Amintas wretched fate. 1597 W. Langham Garden of Health 258 The herbe..called purple veluet flower, or Amaranthus. 1626 Bacon Sylva Sylvarum §512 (R.) Some Plants Blood-Red, Stalke and Leafe, and all; as Amaranthus. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dict. Œcon. Amaranthus, Flower Gentle, called by some, Princes Feathers. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xvi. 218 The Crested Amaranth..is commonly called Cock's-comb. 1847 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom (ed. 2) 510 Amaranths grow in crowds or singly. 3. A purple colour, being that of the foliage of Amarantus. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > purple or purpleness > [noun] > other purples amarant1690 plum colour1714 mulberry colour1776 plum1873 Babylonian1882 heliotrope1882 mulberry1882 helio1894 aubergine1895 orchid1923 1690 London Gaz. mmdlv/4 One amarant and green Mantua and Petticoat. 1858 J. R. Planché Fairy Tales 74 Her dress was of amaranth satin. Thesaurus » Categories » 4. globe amaranth (see globe n. Compounds 2). 5. yellow amaranth n. A composite plant ( Helichrysum Stœchas). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > composite flowers > everlasting or immortelle yellow amaranth1551 gold-flower1578 mothwort1578 God's flower1597 golden cudweed1597 golden mothwort1597 moth-weed1597 aurelia1598 everlasting flower1610 everlasting1633 helichrysum1664 yellowheads1712 immortal herb1731 xeranthemum1736 eternal flower1785 immortelle1832 strawflower1924 1551 W. Turner New Herball 23 The herbe..called of Galene amaranthus..hath a little white branche..the tope is al yelowe. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 89 Ageratum Aurelia..of some Amaranthus Luteus. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Amarantus luteus, flower maudlin, or baltazar with a yellow flour. 1875 I. L. Bird Hawaiian Archip. 134 Roses, pohas, yellow amaranth. 6. = purple heart n. 1a and (rare) b. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > of South America or West Indies sweetwood1607 mastic1657 acajou1666 bastard locust tree1670 bastard locust tree1670 alligator wood1696 muskwood1696 lancewood1697 rodwood1716 cog-wood1725 soapwood1733 down tree?1740 pigeon plum1743 break-axe tree1756 horse-wood1756 loblolly whitewood1756 Spanish elm1756 trumpet-tree1756 ahuehuete1778 ocote1787 locust tree1795 Madeira wood1796 peroba1813 roble1814 louro1816 cecropia1824 purple heart1825 wallaba1825 trumpet-wood1836 gumbo-limbo1837 poui1838 quebracho1839 snake-wood1843 yacca1843 horseflesh wood1851 necklace tree1858 Honduras rosewood1860 turanira1862 softwood1864 wattle-wood1864 balsa tree1866 primavera1871 rauli1874 lemon-wood1879 wheel-tree1882 Spanish stopper1883 gurgeon-stopper1884 pinkwood-tree1884 stopper1884 sloth-tree1885 imbaubaa1893 Spanish cedar1907 amarant1909 Parana pine1916 imbuya1919 mastic-bully1920 banak1921 timbo1924 becuiba1934 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > other woods of West Indies and Central America guaiacum1533 guaiac1558 lignum vitae1594 sweetwood1607 green ebony1665 princewoodc1665 alligator wood1696 pimento wood1712 greenheart1719 mahoea1726 galimeta-wood1756 determa1769 bullet-wood1843 cocobolo1849 lancewood1858 silver-balli1858 yari-yari1858 Honduras rosewood1860 sabicu1866 amarant1909 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [adjective] > other (South or Central) American woods palisander1843 cocobolo1849 amarant1947 louro1980 1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1924 S. J. Record & C. D. Mell Timbers Trop. Amer. ii. 234 Peltogyne... Common names: purple heart..amaranth. 1930 Heal & Son Catal. 14 The timbers that invite the craftsman's hand..Macassar Ebony, Amaranth and Palisander. 1931 Tropical Woods XXV. 1 (heading) Use of amaranth for interior trim and flooring. 1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods of Sculpture x. 285 Amaranth wood or Purpleheart is a rich, violet-colored, tropical hardwood imported from the Guianas. Draft additions 1993 b. A moderately fast red azo dye used for dyeing textiles and as a biological stain and food colouring. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs madderOE grain1335 alkanet1343 Brazilc1386 crop-maddera1399 red-scarletc1400 alcanna?a1425 lac?c1425 madder root?c1450 incarnationa1475 jarecork1483 orchil1483 mull1507 orcanet1548 Bristol-red1551 red sanders1553 cochineal1582 safflower1583 chay1588 Pernambuco1595 red sanderswood1598 redwood1634 peach woodc1638 scarlet1653 mesteque1667 bow-dye1676 sylvester1697 corkir1703 gamene1703 orchilla1703 crap1721 saffranon1731 kino1788 Turkey red1789 lizary1791 granilla1812 munjeet1813 rubiate1835 orcein1838 purpurin1839 ruby wood1843 sassafrid1852 aal1853 pink salt1853 magenta1860 fuchsine1865 paeonin1865 safranine1868 corallin1873 marina1874 Magdala red1875 alizarin1878 eosin1879 Turkey red oil1879 roccelline1880 ponceau1885 amarant1888 phloxine1890 hypernic1897 Turkish red1900 Lithol red1930 1888 Jrnl. Soc. Dyers & Colourists 4 46/2 An ‘amaranth’ is produced by several colour works from the residue of magenta. 1936 Pharmaceut. Jrnl. 136 234 A search for an alternative colour led us to examine amaranth, which gives a good clear red, described as ‘raspberry’ in the list. 1976 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 20 Jan. 1/6 Schmidt's order will permit manufacturers to sell products that already contain the color additive, known generically as amaranth, but will prohibit them from using existing stocks. 1984 L. E. Parker in J. Walford Devel. in Food Colours II. i. 8 Studies were being carried out in other parts of the world on amaranth, a colour to which an ADI had been assigned and which was on the EEC list of permitted colours. These studies resulted in the banning of amaranth in the USA, and a need to reconsider its status in the EEC. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online June 2011). < n.1551
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