[ˈaməranθ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a plant of a chiefly tropical family that includes love-lies-bleeding

- a purple colour


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Origin:
mid 16th century: from French amarante or modern Latin amaranthus, alteration (on the pattern of plant names ending in -anthus, from Greek anthos ‘flower’) of Latin amarantus, from Greek amarantos ‘not fading’