英语词汇“amarantine”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

amarantine

释义

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

noun

A fabled never-fading flower, emblem of immortality
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
(amaranth) a highly nutritious S American cereal (also grain amaranth)
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)

amarantˈine or amaranˈthine /-īn/ adjective

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