amaranth (amaranth)

[More correctly amarant, Immortal amarant , a flower which once In Paradise fast by the tree of life Began to bloom; but soon, for man's offence, To heaven removed, where first it grew. Milton , P. L., iii. 353. 2. (a) A plant of the genus Amarant us (which see). (b) The globe-amaranth, Gomphrena glo bos a, of the same natural order.-3. A name given to mixtures of coloring matters of which the chief constituent is magenta (which see). Amaranth ace a (ama-ran-thā sē-ē), n. pl. Same as Amarant aceæ. Same as amarantaceous .